It was here now at the age of 31 while serving on the circuit court of the governor in the city of Gades, that Caesar saw a statue of Alexander the Great of Macedonia in the temple of Hercules. He either sighed very sadly or weeped a little. When asked why he seemed upset he says:
"Do you think I have not just cause to weep, when I consider that Alexander at my age had conquered so many nations, and I have all this time done nothing that is memorable?"