カエサルの多面体 Always I am Caesar

Tatum, W. Jeffrey

Blackwell Pub（2008/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 198 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781405175258
• DDC分類 B

基本説明

Explores Julius Caesar from a variety of perspectives: military genius, tyrant, lover, brilliant politician, first class orator, sophisticated man of letters and more.

Full Description

By examining his military and political career, home life and relationships with women, Always I Am Caesar provides a vivid portrait of Caesar's life and the times of ancient Rome during its transition from republic to empire.

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

Contents

List of Charts, Maps, and Figures vi

Acknowledgements viii

Charts ix

Maps xii

Introduction 1

1 Caesar the Politician: Power and the People in Republican Rome 18

2 Conquests and Glories, Triumphs and Spoils: Caesar and the Ideology of Roman Imperialism 42

3 Pontifex Maximus: Caesar and the Manipulation of Civic Religion 61

4 The Stones of Rome: Caesar and the Sociology of Roman Public Building 80

5 My True and Honourable Wife: Cornelia and Pompeia, Calpurnia and Cleopatra 99

6 Great Men and Impersonal Groundswells: The Civil War 122

7 Great Caesar Fell: Philosophy, Politics, and Assassination 145

8 The Evil that Men Do: Caesar and Augustus 167

Important Dates 189

Bibliography 190

Index 194