Caesar Life of a Colossus 1st Edition by Adrian Goldsworthy ISBN 0300139195 9780300139198

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ISBN 10: 0300139195

ISBN 13: 9780300139198 

Author: Adrian Goldsworthy

“An authoritative and exciting portrait not only of Caesar but of the complex society in which he lived.”—Steven Coates, New York Times Book Review
 
“The best introduction to Caesar and his world that is currently available.”—Karl Galinsky, Bookforum
 
Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only the great Roman emperor’s accomplishments as charismatic orator, conquering general, and powerful dictator but also lesser-known chapters during which he was high priest of an exotic cult, captive of pirates, seducer not only of Cleopatra but also of the wives of his two main political rivals, and rebel condemned by his own country. Ultimately, Goldsworthy realizes the full complexity of Caesar’s character and shows why his political and military leadership continues to resonate some two thousand years later. In the introduction to his biography of the great Roman emperor, Adrian Goldsworthy writes, “Caesar was at times many things, including a fugitive, prisoner, rising politician, army leader, legal advocate, rebel, dictator . . . as well as husband, father, lover and adulterer.” In this landmark biography, Goldsworthy examines Caesar as military leader, all of these roles and places his subject firmly within the context of Roman society in the first century B.C.

Table of contents:

1. Caesar’s World

2. Caesar’s Childhood

3. The First Dictator

4. The Young Caesar

5. Candidate

6. Conspiracy

7. Scandal

8. Consul

9. Gaul

10. Migrants and Mercenaries: The First Campaigns, 58 BC

11. ‘The Bravest of the Gaulish Peoples’: The Belgae, 57 BC

12. Politics and War: The Conference of Luca

13. ‘Over the Waters’: The British and German Expeditions, 55-54 BC

14. Rebellion, Disaster and Vengeance

15. The Man and the Hour: Vercingetorix and the Great Revolt, 52 BC

16. ‘All Gaul is Conquered’

17. The Road to the Rubicon

18. Blitzkrieg: Italy and Spain, Winter-Autumn, 49 BC

19. Macedonia, November 49–August 48 BC

20. Cleopatra, Egypt and the East, Autumn 48–Summer 47 BC

21. Africa, September 47–June 46 BC

22. Dictator, 46–44 BC

23. The Ides of March

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