Guy Julius Caesar constantly wore a laurel wreath for several reasons. Such a headdress in those days was considered a sign of a real hero, it was they who adorned the heads of the winners of the Olympiads. But was the only laurel wreath for Caesar the only symbol of power and authority?
There are different versions.
According to one theory, Caesar wore a wreath instead of a crown, because he never became a king. He started a civil war, conquered Rome, and thereby did a lot for the development of the state. For this, Caesar was appointed the life consul of the empire, he was called the emperor, the father of the fatherland, praised him and pleased him, but for the general himself the main symbol of power was a wreath of laurels.
There is another version, according to which, Caesar began to go bald early, and since he was a stately man and enjoyed success with women, he tried to hide this flaw in every possible way. A laurel wreath was the best suited for this, because by its position Caesar could wear a wreath constantly.
Ironically, the surname "Caesar" comes from the Latin word "caesaries", which means "excellent pile of hair."
What will tell Suetonius
The ancient Roman stories of Suetonius, who described the life of Julius Caesar, noted that the ruler was combing pretty thinned hair from the crown of his head to his forehead, wanting to hide the emerging bald spot. Suetonius also wrote that when the Senate gave Caesar the right to constantly wear the winner's laurel wreath, he accepted it with pleasure and used this right constantly.
The ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra, who sympathized with Caesar, gave him a prescription for the drug from her bald head. It consisted of crushed burned mice, horse teeth, deer bone marrow, lard and other components. This ointment should be rubbed into the head, it was expected that it would "sprout." Apparently, as Suetonius writes, Caesar take the advice of his crowned mistress (Caesar and Cleopatra’s novel is considered an almost indisputable historical fact). But the drug did not help, so Caesar had to, as before, rely on a laurel wreath.
