As politician & diplomat, writer & lover, above all as a military genius, Julius Caesar is one of the perennially fascinating figures in history. Boswell called him ”the greatest man of any age.” Christian Meier’s authoritative & accessible biography is the definitive modern account of his life & career, setting his life story against the socio-political background of the Late Roman Republic.
List of Illustrations
Caesar & Rome: Two Realities
Caesar's Fascination
Crisis & Outsiders
Birth & Family
Youth in Rome
The Second Decade: Experience of the Civil War & 1st Commitment
The 1st Test: the Experience of Rome in the Decade after the Restoration 78-70
The Political Rise of the Outsider 69-60
Crisis & Tensions: Cato's Authority, Pompey's Difficulty, Caesar's Problem
The Consulship 59
Achievement in Gaul
The Process of the Crisis without Alternative, Caesar's Right to the Civil War, his Greatness
The Civil War 49-46
Failure after Victory
Afterword
Afterword to the 3rd German Paperback Edition
Index
Caesar: A Biography
