Julius Caesar

Caesar's story is one of ambition and intrigue, corruption and power, battles, bravery, brutality, sexual scandal and bloody assassination, and this guide offers a way in to understand the life and times of this influential all-rounder. Kamm explores the world of republican Rome, introducing Caesar the politician, the general and the dictator, demonstrating how his ambition and political intrigue brought him to supreme power, but ultimately to assassination.

He also considers Caesar's influence both in his own time and in the world today. This book should be useful to anyone with an interest in ancient history and the Roman period - Caesar is the crucial figure in the transition from republic to imperial state - and also as background to anyone studying Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar".