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Did you know... that at age 25, Julius Caesar was captured by pirates, but after being ransomed, chased them, captured them, and had them crucified?

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T8612, per your comments on Talk:Julius Caesar would you want to send this to AFD?

I personally think that this (Early life) article should not exist. "Early life" is vague and ill-defined: the article ends in 60 BC, by that time JC was already 40 years old; is it still "early"? Besides, most of the article just duplicates the information of the main JC article.

Ifly6 (talk) 19:30, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I rest my case, although now that you have added better sources it will be more difficult to remove it. :-) T8612 (talk) 09:57, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There are reliable sources and significant coverage about Caesar as a whole; I don't think that's really the case with his childhood or this nebulous early career inasmuch as the ancient evidence is so sparse. Ifly6 (talk) 14:51, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The posts above note the possibility of deleting this article. It is a poor article (especially given its current state) to assign. Ifly6 (talk) 04:36, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]