Caesar: Life of a Colossus
ISBN-13:
9780300126891
ISBN-10:
0300126891
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Adrian Goldsworthy
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Format:
Paperback
583 pages
Category:
Europe
,
Political
,
Leaders & Notable People
,
Rome
,
Ancient Civilizations History
,
Historical
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ISBN-13:
9780300126891
ISBN-10:
0300126891
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Adrian Goldsworthy
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Format:
Paperback
583 pages
Category:
Europe
,
Political
,
Leaders & Notable People
,
Rome
,
Ancient Civilizations History
,
Historical
Summary
Caesar: Life of a Colossus (ISBN-13: 9780300126891 and ISBN-10: 0300126891), written by authors
Adrian Goldsworthy, was published by Yale University Press in 2008.
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Description
The first major biography of Julius Caesar in decades, this volume offers an astonishingly intimate and complex view of the life of this singular leader
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.
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.
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