Ancient Rome: History and Culture

"In this profile, Luciano Canfora offers a radically new interpretation of one of the most controversial figures in history. The result of a comprehensive study of the ancient sources, Julius Caesar: The Life and Times of the People's Dictator paints a detailed portrait of this complex man and the times in which he lived. Basing his argument on many years of research, Canfora focuses on what we actually know about Caesar, the man of politics and war, in a narrative chronologically structured around the events in Caesar's life. The result is a full biographical portrait of the dictator whose mission of Romanization lies at the very heart of modern Europe."--BOOK JACKET.