At first glance, Ovid’s Metamorphoses appears as a simple poem recounting Roman mythology. To most, that is all it ever is. But for the author, the book hid a much deeper message. Ovid started at the creation of the universe and told wild stories of gods and demigods, but crossed the point of myth when he told of proven historical Roman emperors. One such leader is Julius Caesar. Ovid recounted the deification of Julius Caesar as the second-to-last chapter of his poem. In his time, Caesar’s ascension to godhood was a widely assumed fact, not mere myth. This raises an important question: did Ovid believe in the deification of Caesar? There are a few reasons to believe he did not. Firstly, Ovid hid recurring condemnations of the emperor throughout Metamorphoses. In addition, Ovid used highly negative language and satirical praise in Julius’s deification, which does not follow the pattern set by previous deifications. Finally, he used metaphor, allegory, and strategic placement of stories in the last portion of the book to reiterate his distaste of Roman culture. Therefore, Ovid did not believe in the deification of Caesar.