| Description |
513 pages, [16 pages] of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Caesar and Rome: Two Realities -- 2. Caesar's Fascination -- 3. Crisis and Outsiders -- 4. Birth and Family -- 5. Youth in Rome -- 6. The Second Decade: Experience of the Civil War and First Commitment -- 7. The First Test: the Experience of Rome in the Decade after the Restoration (78-70 BC) -- 8. The Political Rise of the Outsider (69 to 60 BC) -- 9. Crisis and Tensions: Cato's Authority, Pompey's Difficulty, Caesar's Problem -- 10. The Consulship (59 BC) -- 11. Achievement in Gaul -- 12. The Process of the Crisis without Alternative, Caesar's Right to the Civil War, his Greatness -- 13. The Civil War (49-46 BC) -- 14. Failure after Victory. |
| Note |
Originally published : United Kingdom : HarperCollins, 1995. |
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Translation of the 3rd German pbk. ed. |
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Includes index. |
| Subject |
Caesar, Julius.
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Statesmen -- Rome -- Biography.
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Generals -- Rome -- Biography.
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Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C.
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| Added Title |
Caesar. English
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| ISBN |
0465008941 |
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046500895X paperback |
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