Julius Caesar (100 BC – 44 BC) was a Roman military and political leader, one of the most influential men in world history, and dictator for life of Rome. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. His conquest of Gaul extended the Roman world all the way to the Atlantic Ocean, and he was also responsible for the first Roman invasion of Britannia in 55 BC. Caesar was widely considered to be one of the foremost military geniuses of his time, as well as a brilliant politician and one of the ancient world's strongest leaders. In 42 BC, two years after his assassination, the Roman Senate officially sanctified him as one of the Roman deities.

Caesar also conducted a love affair and political alliance with Cleopatra, which has been the fodder for many plays and films. Caesar himself became the title figure of William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar.

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• In The Muppets Go to the Movies, Dudley Moore appears at a jazz piano playing Caesar in "Fool of the Roman Empire."

• Kermit the Frog has often appeared as Caesar, alongside Miss Piggy as Cleopatra, in posters and merchandise.

• Julius Caesar appears in the Muppet Meeting Film "Great Salespeople in History."

• Muppets Tonight episode 206 presented "Elvis Caesar" as a Great Moments in Elvis History sketch.

• Caesar Penguin appears in Elmo's World: Penguins.

• In The Great Santa Claus Switch, Cosmo Scam says to Lothar, "Et tu, Lothar?," a reference to Shakespeare's play.

• During the song "All of Me", the Whatnot Monster says, "Friends, Romans and countrymen" (a line from Shakespeare's play) before handing his lover his ears.