Author: Pierre CorneillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Death of Pompey
Author: Pierre CorneilleThe life and death of Pompey
Author: Samuel ClarkeThe Tragedy of Pompey the Great
Author: John MasefieldThe Death of Caesar
Author: Barry StraussPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451668821
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
In this story of the most famous assassination in history, “the last bloody day of the [Roman] Republic has never been painted so brilliantly” (The Wall Street Journal). Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate on March 15, 44 BC—the Ides of March according to the Roman calendar. He was, says author Barry Strauss, the last casualty of one civil war and the first casualty of the next civil war, which would end the Roman Republic and inaugurate the Roman Empire. “The Death of Caesar provides a fresh look at a well-trodden event, with superb storytelling sure to inspire awe” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Why was Caesar killed? For political reasons, mainly. The conspirators wanted to return Rome to the days when the Senate ruled, but Caesar hoped to pass along his new powers to his family, especially Octavian. The principal plotters were Brutus, Cassius (both former allies of Pompey), and Decimus. The last was a leading general and close friend of Caesar’s who felt betrayed by the great man: He was the mole in Caesar’s camp. But after the assassination everything went wrong. The killers left the body in the Senate and Caesar’s allies held a public funeral. Mark Antony made a brilliant speech—not “Friends, Romans, Countrymen” as Shakespeare had it, but something inflammatory that caused a riot. The conspirators fled Rome. Brutus and Cassius raised an army in Greece but Antony and Octavian defeated them. An original, new perspective on an event that seems well known, The Death of Caesar is “one of the most riveting hour-by-hour accounts of Caesar’s final day I have read....An absolutely marvelous read” (The Times, London).
Julius Caesar
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heads of state
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The Assassination of Julius Caesar
Author: Michael ParentiPublisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1565849426
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Parenti presents a story of popular resistance against entrenched power and wealth. As he carefully weighs the evidence in the murder of Caesar, he sketches in the background to the crime with fascinating detail about Roman society.
The Life and Death of Pompey
Author: Samuel ClarkeThe Tragedy of Caesar and Pompey
Author: Pompey, a Political Biography
Author: Robin SeagerPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
A Noise of War
Author: A. J. LangguthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A gripping, high-stakes epic that capitalizes on the wealth of primary materials--from Caesar's war stories to Cicero's intimate letters--to get straight to the heart of the political intrigues, alliances, and deal making that--now more than ever--seem especially vibrant and contemporary. Maps and photos.