Julius Caesar by Suetonius

A vivid, anecdote-rich biography tracing the rise, achievements, character, and downfall of Rome’s most famous statesman—from his aristocratic origins and early political maneuverings through his military triumphs in Gaul, his decisive crossing of the Rubicon, and his accumulation of supreme power as dictator—offering accounts of his public reforms, military genius, personal habits and vices, relationships, and the controversies that provoked senatorial opposition, culminating in his assassination and its immediate aftermath; the work blends administrative record with gossip and moralizing portraiture to explain both his immense popularity and the forces that led to his murder.

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