Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE) met Cleopatra in Egypt in 48 BCE when he was 52 years old and had a wife back in Rome. Cleopatra was 21 years old at the time, as reported by The Conversation.

One such (very public) affair was with Roman leader Julius Caesar ... he was was 52 and had a wife back in Rome. But something about the 21-year-old Cleopatra caught his eye.

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c ... clear alternative was military dictatorship. Caesar allied himself against the nobility. As his career took off, he won a number of political ...