Sign-In
Cart
The History of Julius Caesar - A Classic Biography of Rome's Legendary General and Dictator
Hardcover
Gifts & Stationery GeneralAncient RomeFiction Anthologies
ISBN13: 9781515420576
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The History of Julius Caesar is Jacob Abbott's accessible nineteenth-century account of the life, campaigns, and political career of Rome's most consequential statesman and general. Written for general readers and younger students, Abbott's narrative traces Caesar's rise from aristocratic youth through military command in Gaul, civil war against Pompey, dictatorship, and assassination in the Roman Senate. Clear in structure and vivid in detail, the work presents the drama of Roman politics alongside the personal qualities that made Caesar both admired and feared.
Abbott balances biographical storytelling with concise explanations of the Roman Republic's institutions, social tensions, and military organization, enabling readers to understand not only Caesar's actions but the conditions that shaped them. The portrait that emerges is neither uncritical nor sensational, but attentive to ambition, strategy, reform, and the fragility of republican government in an age of expansion and internal strain.
This SMK Books edition reproduces the complete and unabridged text of Abbott's classic biography, offering a readable introduction to ancient Rome and one of its defining figures.
Also in
Fiction Anthologies
On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected Writings
Pirsig, Robert M.
Pirsig, Wendy K.
Hardcover
James Weldon Johnson: Writings (Loa #145): The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man / Along This Way / Essays and Editorials / Selected Poems
Johnson, James Weldon
Hardcover
Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Shelley, Mary
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Stoker, Bram
Paperback
Sez I to Myself: The Collected Essays of Frank and Malachy McCourt
McCourt, Malachy
McCourt, Frank
Hardcover
Here in New England: Unforgettable Stories of People, Places, and Memories That Connect Us All.
Allen, Mel
Paperback
The Greek Tragedies: Seventeen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
Euripides
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Paperback
Learn Russian with Beginner Stories: Interlinear Russian to English
Gettys, Serafima
Van Den End, Kees
Hyplern, Bermuda Word
Paperback
Obvious Adams -- The Story of a Successful Businessman: New Business Edition
Updegraff, Robert R.
Paperback
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings: Poems, Tales, Essays, and Reviews
Poe, Edgar Allan
Hardcover
Bookin' in the Big House: What I Learned Leading a Women's Prison Book Club
Devoto, Pat Cunningham
Paperback
Japanese Folktales for Language Learners: Bilingual Legends and Fables in Japanese and English (Free Online Audio Recording)
Sato, Anna
Sato, Eriko
Paperback
The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, volume 1
Cubas, Cristina Fernández
Pedraza, Pilar
Fager, Anders
Paperback
The Serpent Mound, Adams County, Ohio (Facsimile Reprint)
Randall, E. O.
Randall, Emilius Oviatt
Paperback