NotTitusPullo Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Can anyone suggest a book or books that accurately tells the life of Julius Caesar from his birth to assassination (other than his own Commentaries). Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 (moved to the Libri folder) Matthias Gelzer. _Caesar: Politician and Statesmen_ A bit on the dry side at times, but all the facts that are known are presented in a clear manner. Adrian Goldsworthy has a biography out which I also hear is pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 In our review section we have reviews from Caesar: A History of the Art of War, Caesar by Christian Meier and The Assassination of Julius Caesar you might find interesting... cheers viggen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 I'm partial to Julius Caesar: Man, Soldier, and Tyrant by J.F.C. Fuller. I'll write a full review later, but here's a nice excerpt so you can sample the style of the book: Caesar was the product of what may be called the Roman Renaissance which, since the days of the Scipios, had influenced Roman society as profoundly as the Medieval Renaissance was to influence Italian society; both were rooted in the learning and culture of classical Greece. He would have admired the Italian despots, and have approved of what Machiavelli meant by virtu -- not goodness, but vigour, ability, and above all success. Like the Medici, he was an artist of power, indifferent to moral distinctions, and, in consequence, he was possessed of an extraordinary versatility of mind. .... A realist to his fingertips, he was not led astray by ideals and ideology. Astute, rather than imaginative, he dissected things into their constituent parts; was clear-sighted rather than long-sighted; saw the immediate problem; set out to solve it, and never discarded a possible advantage for a problematically more attractive aim, thereby risking making the best the enemy of the good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 That's a good book MPC, been a couple of years since I read it but now that I know you're reading it I must re-read...Muhahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Does sound interesting, Cato. And Amazon has it pretty cheap. Might have to get it ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 BTW, if you want to listen to Fuller's book on your iPod, you can also download it from the iTunes Music Store, though you'll have to download iTunes if you don't already have it. You're a PC? don't worry, you can still run iTunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spittle Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 What about Michael Grant's JULIUS CAESAR biog??? Anyone read it? How do you rate Grant's other books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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