Possible Clues:

• Report of man kidnapping head of state
• Old ruler commemorated in July or August
• AC/DC "Hail ___"
• Shaw's "__ and Cleopatra"
• Ears bent by Conservative, a leader who acts like a dictator
• "Veni, vidi, vici" man
• Old dictator took vehicle over backwater
• Brutus got his point across to him?
• Augustus ___
• Reportedly grab a salad, of sorts