Caesar : a life in western culture / Maria Wyke
2007, 1st edition. London : Granta. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #445777
Physical description; xii, 287 p. : ill., facsims., map, ports. ; 24 cm. Contents; Caesar's celebrity : from fame to fable -- Audacity and adventurism : capture by pirates, c. 74 B.C. -- Courage, cruelty and military acumen : war in Gaul, 58-51 B.C. --Revolution and risk-taking : crossing the Rubicon, 49 B.C. -- Lust, luxury and love : Cleopatra and Egypt, 48-47 B.C. -- Triumphalism : Rome, 46 and 45 B.C. -- Liberty and tyranny : government, 49-44 B.C. -- Assassination : the ides of March, 44 B.C. -- Divinity. Subjects; Caesar, Julius. Caesar, Julius Public opinion. Caesar, Julius In literature. Caesar, Julius In mass media. Caesar, Julius 100 B.C.-44 B.C, Influence. Heads of state Rome ; Biography. Generals Rome ; Biography. Civilization, Western Roman influences. Emperors Rome ; Biography.
Price: €12.95