Cleopatra (1963 film) Cleopatra (1963 film) Cleopatra is a 1963 American epic historical drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with a screenplay adapted by Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman from the book "The Life and Times of Cleopatra" by Carlo Maria Franzero, and from histories by Plutarch, Suetonius, and Appian. It stars Elizabeth Taylor in the eponymous role. Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, and Martin Landau are featured in supporting roles. It chronicles the struggles of Cleopatra, the young Queen of Egypt, to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome. The film achieved notoriety during its production for its massive cost
Lucius Julius Caesar 183, was "praetor urbanus" in 166. A "praetor urbanus" named Julius Caesar was mentioned by Pliny the Elder as having died suddenly during his year of office, and was perhaps the same man, although some scholars identify him with Gaius Julius Caesar, the grandfather of the dictator. Son of the Sextus Julius Caesar who was consul in 157 BC, this Lucius is not known to have held any public office, but he was the father of Lucius Julius Caesar, consul in 90 BC, and Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus, and probably also Julia, the first wife of the dictator Lucius