Do you think Julius Caesar wore a laurel wreath to show off victories? On the History.ru portal (16+), they unearthed the truth: the decoration of the emperor on his head was not only for the sake of pathos, but also helped to disguise themselves.
Everyone knows Julia Caesar as a cool commander, speaker and almost King of Rome, but his laurel wreath is not only about “I am the winner.” Firstly, Caesar dreamed of the royal crown, but the Senate gave him only the title of “emperor.” So he put on a wreath to hint: “I am the main one, almost the king.”
The second reason will be more important. Caesar, whose surname from Latin means “thick hair”, began to bald ahead of time. He did not like it terribly: public speeches, crowds of people, and there are three hairs on his head. He combed the remains from the sides to his forehead, but this stopped saving. When Caesar was allowed to wear a laurel wreath, he clung to him as in a lifebuoy – lush leaves perfectly hid the bald head.
In Egypt, Caesar twisted an affair with Cleopatra, and she decided to help her beloved with his misfortune. The queen mixed the hellish ointment: burnt mice, bear lard, horse teeth, deer brain – sounds like a potion from a horror. Caesar was ordered to rub this smelly mixture in the head every day so that the hair grew up. Spoiler: It didn't work. The wreath remained his best friend.
