Julius Caesar
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Julius Caesar

The Pursuit of Power

  1. 306 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Julius Caesar

The Pursuit of Power

About this book

The epic life story of the Roman statesman, military commander, and dictator, from the bestselling author of Thermopylae.
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Born to Roman aristocracy in 100 BC, Julius Caesar became one of the most powerful men in history. He was a military genius, a fierce politician, and a brilliant writer and orator. When he formed an alliance with Pompey and Crassus, the triumvirate of officials took control of the Roman Republic. But Caesar's quest for power was only beginning.
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As proconsul, he went to war against the Gallic tribes of the north, extending Roman territory into Gaul, Belgium, Germany, and Britain. When the Gallic Wars ended, the Roman senate called on Caesar to return to private life. But rather than relinquish his title, Caesar led his legion into a civil war that would spell the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire.
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In this thrilling and thoroughly researched biography, Ernle Bradford cuts through the legends in order to present a truthful and nuanced portrait of a man whose pursuit of power knew no bounds.

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Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Epigraph
  4. Chapter 1 - Ancestry and Antecedents
  5. Chapter 2 - Beginnings
  6. Chapter 3 – A Greek Adventure
  7. Chapter 4 – Politics and Money
  8. Chapter 5 – The Shape of Ambition
  9. Chapter 6 – From Conspirator to Chief Priest
  10. Chapter 7 – A State of Crisis
  11. Chapter 8 – The Praetor and a Scandal
  12. Chapter 9 – Pompey and Caesar
  13. Chapter 10 – Caesar’s Consulship
  14. Chapter 11 - Proconsul
  15. Chapter 12 – The Tools of the Trade
  16. Chapter 13 – The First Planned Victories
  17. Chapter 14 – Ariovistus and After
  18. Chapter 15 – Conquest of the Belgians
  19. Chapter 16 – Politics and a Revolt
  20. Chapter 17 – From Germany to Britain
  21. Chapter 18 - Invasion
  22. Chapter 19 – Disturbances in West and East
  23. Chapter 20 – The Great Gallic Uprising
  24. Chapter 21 - Alesia and an Example in the Dordogne
  25. Chapter 22 – Tension and Dissension
  26. Chapter 23 – Across the River
  27. Chapter 24 – Civil War
  28. Chapter 25 – Rome, Marseilles, Span
  29. Chapter 26 – War in Greece
  30. Chapter 27 - Pharsalus
  31. Chapter 28 – In the East
  32. Chapter 29 – Alexandrian Affairs
  33. Chapter 30 – Pharnaces and Pompey’s Sons
  34. Chapter 31 – Thapsus and Triumph
  35. Chapter 32 – Imperious Caesar
  36. Chapter 33 – Administrator and General
  37. Chapter 34 – Dictator Perpetual
  38. Chapter 35 – The Desired Death
  39. Chapter 36 - Apotheosis
  40. Chronology of Caesar’s Life
  41. Further Reading