Excerpt from Julius Caesar and the Foundation of the Roman Imperial System A word is needed about the busts of Cesar of which illustrations appear in this volume. One of these illustrations (p. 78) most probably does not represent Caesar, but some other poniz'fex maxz'mus but it is included in this volume by the particular desire of Mr. G. H. Putnam. The very striking basalt bust in the Berlin Museum is omitted as being somewhat doubtful; though I have the opinion of at least one excellent authority in favour of including it among the genuine busts. The two which are most generally recognised as genuine as well as good works of art, are the well-known busts in the British Museum (p. 18) and at Naples (p. The latter rep resenting a younger man than the former. These two at least present one or two peculiarities of feat ure visible also on the coin, which are the only cer tain contemporary representations of Czesar's face. The very beautiful gem which we have attempted to reproduce (p. 92) may however also be of sar's own time this is in the British Museum, and I have to thank my friend Professor Gardner for drawing my attention to it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.