The death of Caesar : the story of history's most famous assassination
"A professor of both history and classics describes the actual events of March 15, 44 BC, when Julius Caesar was murdered during the Roman civil wars, in comparison to those outlined by William Shakespeare in his famous play"
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| Format: | Livre papier |
| Sprog: | Anglais |
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New York (N.Y.) ; London ; New Delhi, etc. :
Simon & Schuster
2015.
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Autre tirage : 2016 |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Summary: | "A professor of both history and classics describes the actual events of March 15, 44 BC, when Julius Caesar was murdered during the Roman civil wars, in comparison to those outlined by William Shakespeare in his famous play" "Thanks to William Shakespeare, the death of Julius Caesar is the most famous assassination in history. But what actually happened on March 15, 44 BC is even more gripping than the play. Strauss shows Caesar's assassination was a carefully planned paramilitary operation, put together by disaffected officers and designed with precision. The assassins rallied support among the common people, but they underestimated Caesar's soldiers, who flooded Rome. The assassins were vanquished; their beloved Republic became the Roman Empire" -- tiré de la jaquette |
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| Emne beskrivelse: | Autre tirage : 2016 |
| Fysisk beskrivelse: | 1 vol. (XX-323 p. - [8] p. de pl.) : ill., cartes ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliografi: | Notes bibliogr.. Index |
| ISBN: | 9781451668797 (rel.) 9781451668810 1451668791 (rel.) |