Author Description

As politician & diplomat, writer & lover, above all as a military genius, Julius Caesar is one of the perennially fascinating figures in history. Boswell called him ”the greatest man of any age.” Christian Meier’s authoritative & accessible biography is the definitive modern account of his life & career, setting his life story against the socio-political background of the Late Roman Republic.List of IllustrationsCaesar & Two RealitiesCaesar's FascinationCrisis & OutsidersBirth & FamilyYouth in RomeThe Second Experience of the Civil War & 1st CommitmentThe 1st the Experience of Rome in the Decade after the Restoration 78-70The Political Rise of the Outsider 69-60Crisis & Cato's Authority, Pompey's Difficulty, Caesar's ProblemThe Consulship 59Achievement in GaulThe Process of the Crisis without Alternative, Caesar's Right to the Civil War, his GreatnessThe Civil War 49-46Failure after VictoryAfterwordAfterword to the 3rd German Paperback EditionIndex