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Opening up the Mother: Caesarean Sections and the Romans
3 May 2022

Opening up the Mother: Caesarean Sections and the Romans

Some persistent myths haunt historians. One of my personal pet peeves is the idea that Julius Caesar was born through a caesarean section. The name Caesar supposedly came from the cut maternal uterus: caeso matris utero, in Latin. Which doesn’t make any sense.

Opening up the Mother: Caesarean Sections and the Romans
3 May 2022

Opening up the Mother: Caesarean Sections and the Romans

Some persistent myths haunt historians. One of my personal pet peeves is the idea that Julius Caesar was born through a caesarean section. The name Caesar supposedly came from the cut maternal uterus: caeso matris utero, in Latin. Which doesn’t make any sense.

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