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Caesar

by Christian Meier


ISBN: 0465008941
ISBN-13: 9780465008940
Format: Hardcover

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"The profundity of its insights renders its perusal a duty for the student and scholar, while the quality of the writing makes that duty a pleasure....Of the maybe half a dozen books on Caesar that are worth reading, Meier's is perhaps the best."    -- Robin Seager

   -- Journal of Roman Studies

"A gloriously vivid, shimmering portrait of the great Caesar and his time."    -- Manfred Frenze

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Published date: 1996
Size: 6.5 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 2 pounds
Pages: 513

Publisher's Notes

This fascinating book situates Julius Caesar within the wider context of the crisis of the Roman republic. Meier begins his gripping account with a vivid exposition of Caesar's upbringing and education, demonstrating how limitations were deliberately imposed on the development of individual talent among young Romans. Caesar early on marked himself as one whose self-confidence and energy would bring him into conflict with institutions obsessed with denial of the individual. Meier demonstrates that Caesar enjoyed a preeminent role in determining the course of events in the Roman republic, validating his faith in the importance and power of the individual.

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