• PugJesus@piefed.socialOPM
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    I’ve heard that one before, but it’s almost definitely untrue - women surviving through c-sections was unheard of before the modern day, and Caesar’s mother was very prominent in his life.

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      Considering how widespread the cognomen Ceasar was, it can be someone else. Yeah, the procedure was usually intended as a last ditch effort once the mother was already dead. Rates of survival of the kid were still incredibly low until modern medicine