A new examination of Julius Caesar's health has found that the Roman dictator may have suffered from a series “mini-strokes” rather than epilepsy. read more
The assumption that Caesar suffered from epilepsy is backed by several sources dating back to Roman times. For instance, Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Sueton, approx. 70-140 AD), the biographer of the first Roman emperor ('Vitae Caesarum'), reports that Caesar twice had epileptic seizures ('Defectio epileptica') while he was working. read more