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Author:

Wyke, Maria.

Title:

Caesar : a life in western culture / Maria Wyke.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xii, 287 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Caesar, Julius.
Heads of state--Rome--Biography.
Generals--Rome--Biography.
Rome--Historiography.--Republic, 265-30 B.C.--Historiography.
Caesar, Julius--Public opinion.
Caesar, Julius--In literature.
Caesar, Julius--In mass media.
Romeinse oudheid.
Receptie.
Beeldvorming.
Culturele aspecten.

Notes:

First published: London : Granta, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-278) and index.

Contents:

Caesar's celebrity : from fame to fable -- Audacity and adventurism : capture by pirates, ca. 74 BC -- Courage, cruelty and military acumen : war in Gaul, 58-51 BC -- Revolution and risk-taking : crossing the Rubicon, 49 BC -- Lust, luxury and love : Cleopatra and Egypt, 48-47 BC -- Triumphalism : Rome, 46 and 45 BC -- Liberty and tyranny : government, 49-44 BC -- Assassination : the Ides of March, 44 BC -- Divinity.

ISBN:

0226921530 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226921532 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)213407437

LCCN:

2008011543

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)