Word: caesarism
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...Fourth Arrondissement "without due consideration having been given to its geographical situation as an island entirely surrounded by the Seine, or to its political position as a residence of artists, poets and medical students, or to its ethnology and history as the original home of the Lutetians who resisted Caesar--a people to whom Parisians are allen in spirit and in fact, being but recent immigrants from the provinces," the Isle Saint Louis felt its humiliation deeply; and in this bold proclamation of freedom, the descendants of the Lutetians have vindicated their spirited ancestors...
...Caesar was ambitious. Every politician since Caesar has been ambitious. The revelation of ambition in a politician is far from being a startling matter. But there are times when the form of a politician's ambition is a matter of surprise. This was the case of Frederick H. Gillett, of Massachusetts, Speaker of the House of Representatives...
...modern Caesar's return to Rome...
...Lunacharsky, who as Commissar of Education is also Supreme Lord of Theatreland in All the Russias, is a playwright. Last week his Hertzog (Duke) was produced at the People's Theatre in Moscow. That was not all. At the Little Theatre in Moscow Julius Caesar, a play by a lesser author named William Shakespeare, was also produced...
...Jesus of the Emerald" is a poetic version by Jone Stratton--Porter of the "Lentulus Legend" concerning the personal appearance of Jesus Christ. According to the legend, the Roman Emperor Tiberius Caesar sends an envoy, Publius Lentulus, to Palestine to secure information concerning Jesus of Judea. Lentulus reports the power and Influence of the Christ upon the people under Pontius Pilate. The Emperor is so much troubled and impressed by the report that he sends his master craftsman to draw the likeness of Jesus. This picture when shown to Caesar in Rome is so striking that he orders it transferred...