Is that why story of another, king of not Rome, being murdered by Rome before being worshipped, was made up?Ĭleopatra is hardly mentioned, is that due to misogyny, chiefly, so women who were independent queens were abhorred and continue to be so by church? Is it because Rome was guilty of murdering him? Alexander is, after all, in all but name of a formal ceremony. One wonders, reading of this man, why he wasn't worshipped. Although, it covers most of his life, reading a proper biography may be better way to knowing Caesar. You feel the book doesn’t quite do justice to the Caesar’s life. The assassination plot and the role of Brutus could have been given more coverage. His extensive military campaigns, which defined Caesar’s legacy, are also barely covered. Having said that, the book doesn’t cover all the twists and turns in Caesar’s life. From Caesar’s exile to his triumphant return, to his takeover of Rome as dictator, his military campaigns to his eventual assassination. This book does a fair job of summarising all the key events. Caesar’s impact on language, culture, land reforms & politics can be felt till this day.Īpart from Caesar’s military campaigns in Britain, Egypt and Gaul (In the fictional word, Asterix was fighting Caesar’s army in Gaul ), Caesar’s personal life was as dramatic, even stranger than fiction at times. Caesar single-handedly changed the course of the history of the Greco-Roman & the world decisively and irreversibly. Julius Caesar is probably the most celebrated Roman general and statesman. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings. Men at some time are masters of their fates.

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