9783565203321 - Caesar Destroyed the Republic While Claiming to Save It by Frost, Alina (3 results)
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Gaius Julius Caesar remains history's most examined paradox-brilliant general and ruthless autocrat, reformer and demagogue, victim of assassination and architect of his own murder. He crossed the Rubicon claiming to defend republican liberties whi…le commanding legions against the Senate. He forgave enemies publicly while systematically eliminating political rivals. He refused the crown yet accumulated powers making monarchy inevitable. Understanding Caesar requires separating the legend he crafted from the constitutional crisis he engineered.This book reconstructs Caesar's career through contemporary sources-Cicero's letters revealing senatorial panic, Caesar's own commentaries justifying Gallic conquest, Suetonius and Plutarch recording contradictory testimony about motives and character. It traces his calculated rise through debt-financed spectacle, strategic marriages, and the first triumvirate binding Pompey and Crassus to shared interests. It follows the Gallic Wars as military genius and genocidal conquest, examining how battlefield success created veteran legions loyal to Caesar personally rather than to Rome.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Caesar Destroyed the Republic While Claiming to Save It | Military Genius, Political Calculation, and the Assassination Ending Roman Democracy - Tracing One Man's Rise From Debt to Dictatorship, 100-44 [.] | Alina Frost | Taschenbuch | Englisch | epubli | EAN 9783565203321 | Verantwortliche Person fü…r die EU: Neopubli GmbH (Imprint: epubli), Köpenicker Str. 154a, 10997 Berlin, produktsicherheit[at]epubli[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Gaius Julius Caesar remains history's most examined paradox-brilliant general and ruthless autocrat, reformer and demagogue, victim of assassination and architect of his own murder. He crossed the Rubicon claiming to defend republic…an liberties while commanding legions against the Senate. He forgave enemies publicly while systematically eliminating political rivals. He refused the crown yet accumulated powers making monarchy inevitable. Understanding Caesar requires separating the legend he crafted from the constitutional crisis he engineered.This book reconstructs Caesar's career through contemporary sources-Cicero's letters revealing senatorial panic, Caesar's own commentaries justifying Gallic conquest, Suetonius and Plutarch recording contradictory testimony about motives and character. It traces his calculated rise through debt-financed spectacle, strategic marriages, and the first triumvirate binding Pompey and Crassus to shared interests. It follows the Gallic Wars as military genius and genocidal conquest, examining how battlefield success created veteran legions loyal to Caesar personally rather than to Rome. 188 pp. Englisch.
