Gaius Flavius🌿🏛 Roman Reenactment on Instagram: "Before he became Rome’s most famous general and dictator, Julius Caesar served as a young officer in Asia Minor. Around 80 BCE, he was sent on a diplomatic mission to King Nicomedes IV of Bithynia — and he stayed at the royal court longer than expected. This sparked rumors in Rome: had Caesar compromised his dignity to gain the king’s favor? In Roman culture, accusations of passive homosexuality (especially involving a foreign ruler) were politi