- Provides a richer portrait of Caesar’s life by viewing him from multiple perspective and relating him to broader Roman society
- Explores aspects of Caesar’s career in cultural and social terms
- Engaging and witty style will appeal to general readers
Maps.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
1 Caesar the Politician: Power and the People in Republican Rome.
2 Conquests and Glories, Triumphs and Spoils: Caesar and the Ideology of Roman Imperialism.
3 Pontifex Maximus: Caesar and the Manipulation of Civic Religion.
4 The Stones of Rome: Caesar and the Sociology of Roman Public Building.
5 My True and Honourable Wife: Cornelia and Pompeia, Calpurnia and Cleopatra.
6 Great Men and Impersonal Groundswells: The Civil War.
7 Great Caesar Fell: Philosophy, Politics and Assassination.
8 The Evil that Men Do: Caesar and Augustus.
Important Dates.
Bibliography.
Index
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