How old was Julius Caesar when he wept over Alexander?

by SeanFromPA

How old was Julius Caesar when he was reported to have wept over Alexander's accomplishments in Spain? Was it true that he did this in font of the statue or while reading a biography? Alexander died at 28 right? Thanks!

So, when Caesar read about Alexander’s life, he burst into tears. Perhaps the more ambitious of us ought to cry with him.

“His friends were surprised, and asked him the reason of it. ‘Do you think,’ said he, ‘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?’”

Real_Hist

Caesar is supposed to have wept while viewing a statue of Alexander. This occurred while in Spain serving his term as Quaestor in 68 BCE. He was 32 at the time, the same age as Alexander when he died.