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Gaius Julius Caesar (name) can also be found, however rarely: "Gaius Iulius Gai(i) filius Gai(i) nepos Caesar" ("Gaius Julius Caesar, son of Gaius, grandson of Gaius"). Caesar often spoke of himself only as "Caius Caesar", omitting the "nomen gentile Iulius". After his senatorial consecration as Divus Iulius in 42 BC, the "dictator perpetuo" bore the posthumous name "Imperator Gaius Iulius Caesar Divus" (, best translated as "Commander [and] God Gaius Julius Caesar"), which is mostly given as his official historical name. Suetonius also speaks of the additional cognomen "Pater Patriae", which would render Caesar's complete name as "Imperator Gaius Iulius Caesar Pater Patriae Divus".