Health problems that blighted the Roman general Julius Caesar may have resulted from a spate of mini-strokes, according to a fresh review of his symptoms.
The great military leader, who was instrumental in the rise of the Roman empire, suffered a host of medical ailments, from vertigo, dizziness and insensibility to limb weakness that on occasion caused him to fall over.
In one of the most prominent incidents, Caesar collapsed at the battle of Thapsus in 46BC and had to be carried to safety. In his biography of Caesar, the Greek historian Plutarch suggested the fall was an epileptic attack.
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