You are hereHomeBARSeptember/October 2017Classical Corner: A Comet Gives Birth to an Empire For a thorough discussion regarding the evidence for both the dates and nature of these games, see John T. Ramsey and A. Lewis Licht, The Comet of 44 B.C. and Caesar’s Funeral Games (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1997), pp. 19–54. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.