Was Caar Augt gay? | O-T Lounge

Contents:

• WAS JULI CAAR GAY? THE TTH ON CAAR’S SEXUALY
• JULI CAAR, YOUNG AND GAY: A GROUNDBREAKG 1971 OPERA GETS REVIVED FOR A NEW ERA
• THE GAY ROMAN EMPEROR GENE
• WAS CAAR AUGT GAY?

WAS JULI CAAR GAY? THE TTH ON CAAR’S SEXUALY

The Sexual Background of Juli CaarWas Juli Caar Homosexual? Caar’s Alleged Gay Affair wh NiesWho First Acced Caar of Beg Gay? Was Juli Caar gay?

Juli Caar was once said to have had a gay affair wh Kg Nies of Bhynia, which earned him the tle “Queen of Bhynia. Among non-Roman women, Cleopatra was a particularly well-known se, whose first son was almost certaly Caar’ Juli Caar Homosexual? ”So, Juli Caar was clearly not exclively homosexual.

JULI CAAR, YOUNG AND GAY: A GROUNDBREAKG 1971 OPERA GETS REVIVED FOR A NEW ERA

However, homosexualy uld receive a pejorative evaluatn the Roman society of the time unr certa circumstanc, pecially the followg s:The role of the “passive” homosexual (role distributn which someone is the perated): This was wily regard as feme, a sign of a lack of masculy, and uld lead to a rogatory signatn as “woman.

”Allowg homosexual practic as venaly (for moary payment or other nsiratn).

THE GAY ROMAN EMPEROR GENE

Alleged homosexualy has been an accatn disput, wh a ratg of impudicia (fornitn, unchasty). It was enough if somethg uld be read to the ’s Alleged Gay Affair wh NiesSir Lawrence Alma-Tama’s Catull at Lbia‘ has been said to have had a gay affair wh Nies IV Philopator, kg of began his ary service as an officer wh Marc Muci Therm, propraetor and ernor of the Roman provce of Asia. Apparently, mors arose that Caar had a gay affair wh Nies.

Nies was wily mored to be gay sce he had no children. However, the stay n also be explaed other ways, such as a likg for a pleasant urt life or the e of the stay to tablish a work of relatnships (“foreign clientelae”) his “Catull 29” and “Catull 57, ” poet Catull revil Mamurra (who served unr Caar as a ary officer [praefect fabm]) and Caar, portrayg them as homosexuals on the one hand and lovers of girls on the are the ancient sourc on Caar’s stay Byhia and the accatns of a gay affair wh Nies:Suetoni, Div Juli; 20: 2 (alln which someone a Senate bate refers to Caar as a woman [fema]);Cassi D, Book 43: 20–4;Sext Aureli Victor, De Viris Illtrib; 78, 1;“Gai Juli Caar, veneratne rem gtam Div dict, ntubernalis Thermo Asiam profect, cum saepe ad Niem, regem Bhyniae, mearet, impudiciae famat t. ”Whether a homosexual affair between Caar and Nies actually existed is very doubtful.

Even if plete certaty is not attaable, Caar’s nial unr oath that he never had a gay relatnship wh Nies (Cassi D, Book 43: 20, 2) rri First Acced Caar of Beg Gay? Suetoni om the Nuremberg the mors regardg Juli Caar’s homosexualy origated nnot be termed exactly, but there are some obv factors.

WAS CAAR AUGT GAY?

Such a sexual allegatn was most likely ma by Caar’s polil opponents orr to terpret a publicly known stay for diplomatic purpos orr to harm Caar’s Lici Macer Calv, Gnas Corneli Dolabella, Gai Scriboni Cur (the father of the son of the same name who fought on Caar’s si the civil war), Marc Calpurni Bibul, a certa Octavi (perhaps Marc Octavi), Gai Memmi, and Marc Tulli Cicero are among the people who lled Caar gay (Suetoni, Div Juli 49) Corneli Dolabella, a nsul 81 BC, was acced by Caar 77 or 76 of extortg money as ernor of the Roman provce of Macedonia and acquted a trial by a senatorial urt. His accatn regardg Caar’s homosexualy wh Nies is the earlit known example. For stance, Marc Tulli Cicero ed this homosexualy mor for quips.