Bibliograph

The death of Caesar, the story of history's most famous assassination, Barry Strauss

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The death of Caesar, the story of history's most famous assassination, Barry Strauss

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-308) and index

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platesillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The death of Caesar

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

883147929

Responsibility statement

Barry Strauss

Sub title

the story of history's most famous assassination

Summary

Thanks to William Shakespeare, the death of Julius Caesar is the most famous assassination in history. But what actually happened on March 15, 44 BC is even more gripping than the play. Strauss shows Caesar's assassination was a carefully planned paramilitary operation, put together by disaffected officers and designed with precision. The assassins rallied support among the common people, but they underestimated Caesar's soldiers, who flooded Rome. The assassins were vanquished; their beloved Republic became the Roman Empire

Table Of Contents

Part I. Return to Rome -- Riding with Caesar -- The best men -- Decision in a villa -- Caesar's last triumph -- Part II. Blood on the stones -- The birth of a plot -- Wanted: assassins -- Caesar leaves home -- Murder -- A republic in the balance -- A funeral to remember -- Part III. The road back -- The struggle for Italy -- Vengeance -- Augustus

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