Caesar : a life in western culture / Maria Wyke.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wyke, Maria
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Caesar, Julius.
Caesar, Julius > Public opinion.
Caesar, Julius > In literature.
Caesar, Julius > In mass media.
Heads of state > Rome > Biography.
Generals > Rome > Biography.
Rome > History > Republic, 265-30 B.C. > Historiography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xii, 287 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Caesar's celebrity : from fame to fable
  • Audacity and adventurism : capture by pirates, ca. 74 BC
  • Courage, cruelty and military acumen : war in Gaul, 58-51 BC
  • Revolution and risk-taking : crossing the Rubicon, 49 BC
  • Lust, luxury and love : Cleopatra and Egypt, 48-47 BC
  • Triumphalism : Rome, 46 and 45 BC
  • Liberty and tyranny : government, 49-44 BC
  • Assassination : the Ides of March, 44 BC
  • Divinity.