By page 20, however we get to the actual conflict that creates one of the most famous Civil Wars in the history of the world. He talks how the building of an empire put so much strain on the Republic that the institutions were in a state of decay and no longer provided much benefit to the average citizen either in home or in the provinces. Goldsworthy's work begins with a brief summery of what the Roman Empire had been through up until that time.
This is a colossal tale that took place in a colossal time. One of the world's leading experts on Rome, Adrian Goldsworthy, sums it all up in this little over ninety page work. Caesar himself gave his own interpretation, as would other historians, artists, poets, and writers. It is a conflict full of colorful characters and concepts. By his death he was effectively emperor of most of the known world.Ever since the event happened, the conflict of the Roman Civil War had been told and retold.
In just thirty years he had risen from a position of virtual obscurity to become one of the richest men in the world, with the power single-handedly to overthrow the Republic. In a string of spectacular victories he conquered all of Gaul, invaded Germany, and twice landed in Britain - an achievement which in 55BC was greeted with a public euphoria comparable to that generated by the moon landing in 1969. His greatest skill, outside the bedroom, was as a military commander.
His affairs with noblewomen were both frequent and scandalous. By his early 30s he had risen to the position of Consul, and was already beginning to dominate the Senate.
He was decorated for valour in battle, captured and held to ransom by pirates, and almost bankrupted himself by staging games for the masses.Īs a politician, he quickly gained a reputation as a dangerously ambitious maverick. In his late teens he narrowly avoided execution for opposing the military dictator Sulla. 'Combines scholarship with storytelling to bring the ancient world to life: in his masterly new CAESAR he shows us the greatest Roman as man, statesman, soldier and lover' Simon Sebag Montefioreįrom the very beginning, Caesar's story makes dazzling reading. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo The story of one of the most brilliant, flamboyant and historically important men who ever lived.
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