Caesar
As politician and diplomat, writer and lover, but 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 and accessible biography is the definitive modern account of Caesar’s life and career, setting Caesar’s life story against the rich political and social background of the Late Roman Republic.
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As politician and diplomat, writer and lover, but 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 and accessible biography is the definitive modern account of Caesar’s life and career, setting Caesar’s life story against the rich political and social background of the Late Roman Republic.
1Caesar and Rome: Two Realities12Caesar's Fascination153Crisis and Outsiders264Birth and Family515Youth in Rome566The Second Decade: Experience of the Civil War and First Commitment737The First Test: the Experience of Rome in the Decade after the Restoration (78-70 BC)998The Political Rise of the Outsider (69 to 60 BC)1339Crisis and Tensions: Cato's Authority, Pompey's Difficulty, Caesar's Problem19010The Consulship (59 BC)20411Achievement in Gaul22412The Process of the Crisis without Alternative, Caesar's Right to the Civil War, his Greatness34913The Civil War (49-46 BC)36414Failure after Victory430Afterword487Afterword to the Third German Paperback Edition497Index499
