Et tu Brute?

Et tu Brute? by Greg Woolf

This absorbing recreation of the murder of Julius Caesar 2 millennia ago by a leading classical historian also offers a short history of political murder. Gaius Julius Caesar, life dictator of Rome, not quite a king and not yet a god, was murdered on the 15th of March - the Ides of March - in 44 BC. The killers were a conspiracy of senators that included the richest and most educated Roman politicians of his day. But soon the leaders of the conspiracy were fleeing for their lives, and Rome plunged back into a decade and a half of bloody civil war. Why should we care about the Ides of March? In part because Caesar's vast ghost long outlasted the Roman empire, on stage and in fiction, in titles and ceremonies, in opera and popular culture; most recently as the climax of a huge coming BBC2 series. But most of all because his death is a fulcrum in the history of political murder. Assassination and autocracy remain indissolubly linked, whether it be Tsar Alexander II or JFK, as they will until monarchs and presidents themselves lose power and significance. And western democracies, like Noble Brutus, plot the murder of Third World dictators as a remedy for terrorism. Beware the Ides of March!The second title in the new Profiles in History series, edited by Mary Beard. This series explores classic moments of world history- those 'ring-a-bell' events that we always know less about than we think!

Learned and lively-- James Buchan * The Guardian *
Ranges far and wide ... an almost Caesarian display of audacity. -- Tom Holland * Spectator *
Woolf succeeds admirably in resurrecting the real Caesar. * Sunday Times *
A brilliant account of a man who still bestrides history like a colossus and whose assassination obsesses our memory. * Boris Johnson *
A right old romp through the Roman world and beyond...lively and engaging account...Totally absorbing. * Western Daily Press *
A stimulating addition to the excellent Profiles in History series. * Sunday Telegraph *

Greg Woolf has been a fellow of various Oxford and Cambridge Colleges and is now Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrew's. He has written widely on Roman imperialism and the archaeology of the Roman Empire.

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Title	Et tu Brute?
Author	Greg Woolf
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Profile Books Ltd
Year published	2006-03-15
Number of pages	224
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