Caesar : life of a colossus / Adrian Goldsworthy.

Author/creator Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2006.
Descriptionviii, 583 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Caesar, Julius.
Heads of state--Italy. --Rome. --Biography.
Rome (Italy)--Kings and rulers. --Biography.
Rome (Italy)--History. --Republic, 265-30 B.C.

Contents Caesar's world -- Caesar's childhood -- The first dictator -- The young Caesar -- Candidate -- Conspiracy -- Scandal -- Consul -- Proconsul (58-50 BC) -- Gaul -- Migrants & mercenaries: the first campaigns, 58 BC -- The bravest of the Gaulish peoples': The Belgae, 57 BC -- Politics & war: The Conference of Luca -- Over the waters: The British and German Expeditions, 55-54 BC -- Rebellion, disaster and vengeance -- The man and the hour: Vercingetorix and the Great Revolution, 52 BC -- All Gaul is conquered -- Civil war and dictatorship, 49-44 BC -- The road to Rubicon -- Blitzkrieg: Italy and Spain, Winter-Autumn, 49 BC -- Macedonia, November 49 - August 48 BC -- Cleopatra, Egypt and the East, Autumn 48 - Summer 47 BC -- Africa, Sep 47 - June 46 BC -- Dictator, 46-44 BC -- The Ides of March -- Chronology.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 529-533) and index.
ISBN0300120486 (hbk.)
ISBN9780300120486

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks DG261 .G65 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold