# Julius Caesar — Leviathan character guide

> Julius Caesar in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Caesar, Julian

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-of-man

## Who they are

Roman general and dictator, used as an example of sovereign power.

## Relationships

### [Jesus Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/characters/jesus_christ)

_social_

Jesus Christ and Julius Caesar are contemporaries in a political sense, with Caesar representing the Roman imperial power under which Christ lived.

### [Jesus Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/characters/jesus_christ)

_social_

Jesus Christ and Julius Caesar are contemporaries in a political sense, with Caesar representing the Roman imperial power under which Christ lived.

## In the story

### [Of Imagination](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/ii-of-imagination)

Mentioned as the one who gave Brutus his life and was later murdered by him.

### [VII: Of the Ends, or Resolutions of Discourse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/vii-of-the-ends-or-resolutions-of-discourse)

Mentioned alongside Alexander as an example of historical figures whose deeds are reported by historians, used to argue that disbelief in such reports is distrust of the historian, not the figure.

### [Of Demonology, and Other Relics of the Religion of the Gentiles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/xlv-of-demonology-and-other-relics-of-the-religion-of-the-gentiles)

Given divine honors by the senate, including a sacred chariot and shrine in processions.

## Links

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