Description
Adrian Goldsworthy’s biography presents Julius Caesar as a brilliant, ambitious, and deeply complex figure whose rise transformed the Roman Republic. Tracing his political ascent, rivalry with Pompey, and the civil war that reshaped Rome, the book also follows Caesar’s campaigns and his time in Egypt, where politics and personal relationships became inseparable. Rather than portraying Caesar as an inevitable man of destiny, Goldsworthy places his decisions within the political culture and social expectations of Rome, showing how circumstance, calculation, and chance shaped his path. Rigorous, balanced, and vividly told, this is both a compelling portrait of Caesar and a penetrating account of power, ambition, and republican collapse.
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paperback
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Published Jan 1, 2017
635 pages
ISBN: 9786053320579
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First Published
2006
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy.