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Wall Street Journal
"Ms. Wyke's concern is how we have created and adapted Caesar's image and historical importance over the past 2,000 years—from Caesar's camp at Arles to Caesars Palace, Las Vegas; from Mussolini, seeking a Caesarian mandate for his own grand ambitions, to Asterix, using the Roman dictator for satirical purposes in comic-book form; from the Caesar coins minted in tribute by Brutus (before he revised his opinion) to the taunts leveled at George W. Bush as an empire-seeker in recent years."—Peter Stothard, Wall Street Journal
— Peter Stothard
New York Review of Books
“Wyke has gathered together a splendid array of Caesarian traditions, reminiscences, and arguments in Western culture, high and low. . . . The material assembled in Caesar will warm the hearts of many students of the ancient world, with its repeated demonstration that Caesar’s career has made such an impact in so many different media over the last two millennia.”— Mary Beard
National Post
"Wyke, a witty and ingenious professor of Latin at University College London, examines the blossoming of the Caesarian reputation in her superb new book. . . .Her account of how writers have used him explains why he's achieved what he most wanted when he was alive: to be acknowledged forever as the greatest Roman.:
— Robert Fulford
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"The author demonstrates how different people at various times have held constrasting viewpoints on a man who continues to fascinate each successive generation. Clearly and engagingly written."Wall Street Journal - Peter Stothard
"Ms. Wyke's concern is how we have created and adapted Caesar's image and historical importance over the past 2,000 years—from Caesar's camp at Arles to Caesars Palace, Las Vegas; from Mussolini, seeking a Caesarian mandate for his own grand ambitions, to Asterix, using the Roman dictator for satirical purposes in comic-book form; from the Caesar coins minted in tribute by Brutus (before he revised his opinion) to the taunts leveled at George W. Bush as an empire-seeker in recent years."—Peter Stothard, Wall Street JournalNew York Review of Books - Mary Beard
“Wyke has gathered together a splendid array of Caesarian traditions, reminiscences, and arguments in Western culture, high and low. . . . The material assembled in Caesar will warm the hearts of many students of the ancient world, with its repeated demonstration that Caesar’s career has made such an impact in so many different media over the last two millennia.”National Post - Robert Fulford
"Wyke, a witty and ingenious professor of Latin at University College London, examines the blossoming of the Caesarian reputation in her superb new book. . . .Her account of how writers have used him explains why he's achieved what he most wanted when he was alive: to be acknowledged forever as the greatest Roman.:Wall Street Journal
"Ms. Wyke''s concern is how we have created and adapted Caesar''s image and historical importance over the past 2,000 years—from Caesar''s camp at Arles to Caesars Palace, Las Vegas; from Mussolini, seeking a Caesarian mandate for his own grand ambitions, to Asterix, using the Roman dictator for satirical purposes in comic-book form; from the Caesar coins minted in tribute by Brutus (before he revised his opinion) to the taunts leveled at George W. Bush as an empire-seeker in recent years."—Peter Stothard, Wall Street Journal
— Peter Stothard
New York Review of Books
“Wyke has gathered together a splendid array of Caesarian traditions, reminiscences, and arguments in Western culture, high and low. . . . The material assembled in Caesar will warm the hearts of many students of the ancient world, with its repeated demonstration that Caesar’s career has made such an impact in so many different media over the last two millennia.”— Mary Beard
National Post
"Wyke, a witty and ingenious professor of Latin at University College London, examines the blossoming of the Caesarian reputation in her superb new book. . . .Her account of how writers have used him explains why he''s achieved what he most wanted when he was alive: to be acknowledged forever as the greatest Roman.:
— Robert Fulford
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Table of Contents
Illustrations
1 Caesar's Celebrity: From fame to fable 1
2 Audacity and Adventurism: Capture by pirates, c. 74 BC 22
3 Courage, Cruelty and Military Acumen: War in Gaul, 58-51 BC 41
4 Revolution and Risk-Taking: Crossing the Rubicon, 49 BC 66
5 Lust, Luxury and Love: Cleopatra and Egypt, 48-47 BC 90
6 Triumphalism: Rome, 46 and 45 BC 122
7 Liberty and Tyranny: Government, 49-44 BC 145
8 Assassination: The Ides of March, 44 BC 196
9 Divinity 239
Bibliography 256
Illustration Credits 279
Index 281