| Description |
viii, 583 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-533) and index. |
| Contents |
Caesar's world -- Caesar's childhood -- The first dictator -- The young Caesar -- Candidate -- Conspiracy -- Scandal -- Consul -- Proconsul (58-50 BC) -- Gaul -- Migrants & mercenaries: the first campaigns, 58 BC -- The bravest of the Gaulish peoples': The Belgae, 57 BC -- Politics & war: The Conference of Luca -- Over the waters: The British and German Expeditions, 55-54 BC -- Rebellion, disaster and vengeance -- The man and the hour: Vercingetorix and the Great Revolution, 52 BC -- All Gaul is conquered -- Civil war and dictatorship, 49-44 BC -- The road to Rubicon -- Blitzkrieg: Italy and Spain, Winter-Autumn, 49 BC -- Macedonia, November 49 - August 48 BC -- Cleopatra, Egypt and the East, Autumn 48 - Summer 47 BC -- Africa, Sep 47 - June 46 BC -- Dictator, 46-44 BC -- The Ides of March -- Chronology. |
| Subject |
Caesar, Julius.
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Heads of state -- Rome -- Biography.
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Rome -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C.
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| ISBN |
0300120486 hardback |
| Standard No. |
9780300120486 |
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