Julius Caesar epileptic? No according to two British scholars who support a different thesis, namely that he was prey to small and continuous strokes
Julius Caesar:epileptic or suffering from continuous stroke?
Which pathology was the great Roman politician and leader suffering?
It is difficult to establish the historical truth in this sense.
Both Latin and Greek sources tell of a man often prey to dizziness, headaches, limb weakness, altered behavior with frequent mood swings and sudden and ruinous falls.
The historian Plutarch certainly attributes all the aforementioned symptoms to a severe form of epilepsy.
However, Francesco Galassi does not agree with this diagnosis, which has been accepted for centuries and Hutan Ashrafian , scholars of the prestigious Imperial College of London.
In fact, the eminent academics, after carefully analyzing Caesar's symptoms and family history, concluded that he actually suffered from small but continuous strokes.
These were transient ischemic attacks , which, not recognized as such and therefore not adequately treated, would have caused him brain damage in the long run.
Whether it was epilepsy or stroke however, it is certain that the malaise greatly affected the life of the man, forced to face terrible and embarrassing illnesses even during sittings and public celebrations.
( See also :https://www.pilloledistoria.it/8657/storia-antica/giulio-cesare-discendente-romolo-ed-enea).