Julius Caesar may have suffered mini-strokes, say doctors

Centuries-old diagnosis of epilepsy may be overturned by new research which suggests that Caesar suffered a number of strokes

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.