Cleopatra (1963 film) other commitments and were replaced by Rex Harrison and Richard Burton, as Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony respectively. During filming, Taylor met Burton and the two began an adulterous affair; the scandal made headlines worldwide, since both were married to others, and brought bad publicity to the already troubled production. Mankiewicz was later fired during the editing phase, only to be rehired to reshoot the opening battle scenes in Spain. The cut of the film which Mankiewicz screened for the studio was six hours long. This was cut to four hours for its initial premiere, but the studio demanded (over
Gaius Julius Caesar at Rome, according to Pliny; but that may instead have been the Lucius Julius Caesar who held that office in 166 BC. We know that the dictator's paternal grandmother was named Marcia, and that through her the family traced its descent from Ancus Marcius, the fourth King of Rome. Gaius and Marcia had at least three children: Gaius Julius Caesar, father of the dictator; Sextus Julius Caesar, consul in 91 BC; and Julia, who married the great general Gaius Marius. The son of Lucius Julius Caesar and Poppilia, Strabo was a promising statesman and a member of the college of