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Julius Caesar The Colossus Of Rome Richard A Billows by Richard A. Billows 9780415692601, 0415692601 instant download after payment.
An account of Caesar's life and times explores the political, social, and economic problems of Rome and looks at the role played by Caesar in the decline and fall of the Roman Republican governing system.Julius Caesar offers a lively, engaging, and thoroughly up-to-date
account of Caesar’s life and times. The book is not just a biography of
Caesar, but an historical account and explanation of the decline and
fall of the Roman Republican governing system, in which Caesar played a
crucial part. To understand Caesar’s life and role, it is necessary to
grasp the political, social and economic problems Rome was grappling
with, and the deep divisions within Roman society that came from them.
Caesar has been seen variously as a mere opportunist, a power-hungry
autocrat, an arrogant aristocrat disdaining rivals, a traditional Roman
noble politician who stumbled into civil war and autocracy thanks to
being misunderstood by his rivals, and even as the ideal man and pattern
of all virtues.
Abstract: Julius Caesar offers a lively, engaging, and
thoroughly up-to-date account of Caesar’s life and times. The book is
not just a biography of Caesar, but an historical account and
explanation of the decline and fall of the Roman Republican governing
system, in which Caesar played a crucial part. To understand Caesar’s
life and role, it is necessary to grasp the political, social and
economic problems Rome was grappling with, and the deep divisions within
Roman society that came from them. Caesar has been seen variously as a
mere opportunist, a power-hungry autocrat, an arrogant aristocrat
disdaining rivals, a traditional Roman noble politician who stumbled
into civil war and autocracy thanks to being misunderstood by his
rivals, and even as the ideal man and pattern of all virtues
