Caesar by Research Fellow Adrian Goldsworthy

Caesar by Research Fellow Adrian Goldsworthy

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.

Adrian Goldsworthy is a world-renowned ancient historian. Caesar, a New York Times Notable Book and winner of the Society of Military History's Outstanding Book Award for Biography, is one of his many acclaimed works. Goldsworthy, who holds a degree from Oxford, gives talks all over the world and consults on historical programs for the History Channel, National Geographic, and the BBC.

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ISBN 13	9780300120486
ISBN 10	0300120486
Title	Caesar
Author	Research Fellow Adrian Goldsworthy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Yale University Press
Year published	2006-09-01
Number of pages	583
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