Rumor has it that when Caesar triumphed in his Gallic campaign, his soldiers sang, “Caesar may have conquered the Gauls, but Nicomedes conquered Caesar.” In ancient Rome, homosexuality among the patrician and powerful was widely accepted, but a passive role in any sexual liaison was viewed as a sign of weakness and inferiority. This means that it wasn’t the possibility of Caesar with another man that made him the object of vitriolic gossip and ridicule among his underlings and peers, rather the rumor that he was a bottom. True or false, the politicians back in Rome ran with the rumor and initiated a mud-slinging campaign against Caesar, dubbing him “Queen of Bithynia”, a clear reference to the top role of his alleged lover, Nicomedes IV, King of Bithynia. O Deus meus! That is SO "Pagina VI"!