Julius Caesar: The People's Dictator - Softcover

Canfora, Luciano

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748619372 ISBN 13: 9780748619375

Verlag: Edinburgh University Press, 2007

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Reseña del editor:

This book features a splendid profile of an extraordinary man, and a radically new interpretation of one of the most controversial figures in history. Caesar played a leading role in the politics and culture of a world empire, dwarfing his contemporaries in ambition, achievement and appetite. For that, he has occupied a central place in the political imagination of Europe ever since. Yet he remains something of an enigma, struck down by his own lieutenants because he could be neither comprehended nor contained. In surviving evidence he emerges as incommensurate and nonpareil, just beyond the horizons of contemporary political thought and understanding. The result of Luciano Canfora's many years of research is a fascinating portrait of the Roman dictator, combining the evidence of political history and psychology. The product of a comprehensive study of the ancient sources, it paints an astonishingly detailed portrait of a complex personality whose mission of 'Romanisation' lies at the root of modern Europe.

Biografía del autor:

Luciano Canfora is Professor of Greek and Latin Philology at the University of Bari. Marian Hill and Kevin Windle are both at the School of Language Studies, Australian National University.

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• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0748619372
• ISBN 13: 9780748619375
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320