Editing Caesar (title) (section)

{{short description|Imperial title in the Roman Empire}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox given name
| name            = Caesar
| image           = Retrato de Julio César (26724093101).jpg
| caption         = Sculpture depiction of [[Julius Caesar]]
| romanisation    = 
| pronunciation   = {{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|s|iː|z|ər}} {{respell|SEE|zər}}<br/>{{IPA|la-x-classic|ˈkae̯sar|lang|link=yes}}
| gender          = Male
| meaning         = Short hair (disputed), nickname then title
| region          = [[Roman Republic]]
| language        = [[Latin]]
| variant forms   = {{ubl|{{lang|grc|Καιϲαρ}}|{{lang|de|[[Kaiser]]}}|{{lang|bg-Latn|[[Tsar]]}}|{{lang|ota-Latn|[[Ottoman claim to Roman succession|Qayser]]}}}}
| popularity      = yes
| footnotes       = 
}}
'''Caesar''' ({{IPA|la|ˈkae̯.sar|lang}} [[English language|English]] {{abbr|pl.|Plural}}&nbsp;'''Caesars'''; [[Latin]] {{abbr|pl.|Plural}}&nbsp;{{lang|la|Caesares}}; in Greek: {{lang|grc|Καῖσαρ}} {{lang|grc-latn|Kaîsar}}) is a [[title]] of [[emperor|imperial]] character. It derives from the ''[[cognomen]]'' of the [[Roman dictator]] [[Julius Caesar]]. The change from being a surname to a title used by the [[Roman emperors]] can be traced to AD 68, following the fall of the [[Julio-Claudian dynasty]]. When used on its own, the title denoted [[heirs apparent]], who would later adopt the title ''[[Augustus (title)|Augustus]]'' on accession.{{Sfn|Greenidge|1901|p=353-355}} The title remained an essential part of the style of the emperors, and became the word for "[[emperor]]" in some languages, such as German ({{lang|de|[[Kaiser]]}}) and Slavic ({{lang|pl|[[Cezar (tytuł)]]}}).