Name: Caesar
ISBN: 9780300120486

Adrian Goldsworthy

Life of a Colossus

Caesar

Tobias V. Langhoff

Almost everything I know about Rome and Cæsar, I know from reading Asterix as a kid. Earlier this year I decided to read SPQR to get a better understanding of Rome, and now I followed it up with this great read about an interesting man. It's not clear to me why Julius Cæsar has become the "face of Rome" in popular culture, though.

I'm going to listen to the "sequel" about the first emperor Augustus as an audiobook now, by the same author and with the same narrator, and I hope the narrator says "Transalpine Gaul" and "Cisalpine Gaul" as many times as he did in this book.

Another pleasant and easy to read biography from Goldsworthy, after finishing Augustus. 

I read parts of Caesars Commentaries years ago, without much context about the topic except general knowledge. But after reading this work I have a much clearer picture of the times and the person of Julius Caesar himself.

Caesar was ruthless, as it seems almost everyone of the politicians back then hase been,  in following his dreams to reach the military victory and highest dignaty/dignitas. Afraid to lose it all and when finally pressed hard by his fellow jealous senators he revolted against the Republic. 

The events that follow until his premature end are history, depicted in many books, plays and movies.

No wonder that his name is still known to almost everyone after more the 2000 years.

André 

Another pleasant and easy to read biography from Goldsworthy, after finishing Augustus. 

I read parts of Caesars Commentaries years ago, without much context about the topic except general knowledge. But after reading this work I have a much clearer picture of the times and the person of Julius Caesar himself.

Caesar was ruthless, as it seems almost everyone of the politicians back then hase been,  in following his dreams to reach the military victory and highest dignaty/dignitas. Afraid to lose it all and when finally pressed hard by his fellow jealous senators he revolted against the Republic. 

The events that follow until his premature end are history, depicted in many books, plays and movies.

No wonder that his name is still known to almost everyone after more the 2000 years.



Caesar Life of a Colossus

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