Julius Caesar Wasn’t Born by C-Section

Roman General Julius Caesar was born to his mother Aurelia on July 13, 100 B.C. While a form of the caesarian section procedure, which is “used to deliver a baby through incisions in the abdomen and uterus,” did exist at the time of his birth, it was nearly always fatal to the mother. Aurelia lived many years after Caesar's birth, meaning it is almost impossible that she experienced a c-section. According to History.com, it is more likely that one of Caesar's ancestors was born by rudimentary c-section: “the origin of the Caesar name is attributable to one of Caesar’s forebears who was ‘caesus,’ (Latin for ‘cut’) from his mother’s womb.”

Although Caesar was almost certainly not born using incisions with a sharp instrument, he did die that way. Caesar was famously stabbed to death at the hands of a group of nobles on the Ides of March.