Julius Caesar: A Life 1st Edition

by Antony Kamm (Author)

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This is a fresh account of Julius Caesar - the brilliant politician and intriguing figure who became sole ruler of the Roman Empire.

Julius Caesar examines key figures such as Marius, Sulla, Cicero, Mark Antony, Gaius Octavius (emperor Augustus), Calpurnia and Cleopatra, as well as the unnamed warriors who fought for and against him, and politicians who supported and opposed him.

Including new translations from classical sources, Antony Kamm sets Caesar’s life against the historical, political and social background of the times and addresses key issues:

Did Caesar destroy the Republic?
What was the legality of his position and the moral justifications of his actions
How good a general was he?
What was his relationship with Cleopatra?
Why was he assassinated?
What happened next?

This is Caesar – the lavish spender, the military strategist, a considerable orator and historical writer, and probably the most influential figure of his time - in all his historical glory.

Students of Rome and its figures will find this an enthralling, eye-opening addition to their course reading.

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Mark Tosi

Informational

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2014

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Bought this book for self. It arrived on time, the price was right. As with ,many other books about JC, it was informative and the author uses the resources many other writers do. A good read.

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Dr Arthur G Kelly

Caesar as I never knew his life.

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2014

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Politics has not changed in the 2,000 years since the Roman Republic. Still hate filled and vicious. I really enjoyed the book and learned a lot.

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G. Neto

A great new biography of Caesar

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2006

This is a great book, clear, concise, fast-paced.

Antony Kamm, who a few years ago authored another biography of Caesar, intended as, and titled, "Julius Caesar - A Beginner's Guide", has not only expanded and revamped his previous text, but has carefully re-read the classical sources, studied new scholarship, and come up with new perspectives and insights. He does an amazing job of telling us what we need to know about Caesar in 155 pages, supplemented with maps and illustrations, and goes into detailed although succint discussions about issues such as the paternity of Caesarion or Caesar's philosophic beliefs. The military campaigns are not forgotten, and the descriptions and maps of some of the major battles are among the best and clearest.

Caesar is presented in context and surrounded by his contemporaries. We are told about the cultural, political, religious and military background of the late Roman Republic, and are acquainted with substantial, believable characters like Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Cicero or Piso; the women - Calpurnia, Servilia, Cleopatra - are given new proportions. As for Caesar himself, far from pretending to analyze him, Kamm simply states the facts and anecdotes in his usual elegant, subtly ironical, style, and lets his hero stand for himself. Caesar then comes up as "an idealist, a workaholic", with an "autocratic attitude and (..) preoccupation with quick results", who like no other "head of state in ancient or modern times applied himself so assiduously to such a range of physical and intellectual activities, and excelled at them all".

The lack of footnotes is regrettable, but Kamm makes up for it by quoting his sources in the text, which he manages to do without breaking the flow of narrative.

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Sookie Stoker

a great short biography of Caesar

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2011

I enjoy history when it's well-written, and this book is just a model of how I wish all historians would write. It's a smart, succinct history of one of the most fascinating men who's ever lived, and it's accessible to folks who don't know a lot about classical history already. The maps and background information are just perfect, and you get a sense of why and how Caesar had such an enormous impact on his world. I know it's cliche, but this biography really brings him alive for a modern reader. Strongly recommended!

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Percy

Fan of Caesar

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2017

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Still reading but good so far. I am a big Caesar fan so often find it difficult when there is criticism but this book is fair.

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