Caesar. The democratic dictator.
Flammarion| N° d'inventaire | 23122 |
| Format | 15 x 24 |
| Détails | 496 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782080205247 |
A hero of our school textbooks, a model for our great men—from Charles V to Napoleon Bonaparte, including Louis XIV—Julius Caesar is a major figure in European political history. But what kind of man was he exactly? A dictator, Julius Caesar always sought to establish his authority over a people who admired him. A propagator of Roman culture among the Celtic populations of Europe, he was also the ruthless warrior of the Gallic campaign, whose genocidal nature will be noted in the modern era. Finally, at the height of his power, Caesar was assassinated in circumstances that are among the great political and psychological enigmas of history. In this biography, which is based on an exhaustive knowledge of ancient historiographical sources, Luciano Canfora paints a surprisingly accurate portrait of a complex personality, whose enterprise of "Romanization" is at the origin of modern Europe.
A hero of our school textbooks, a model for our great men—from Charles V to Napoleon Bonaparte, including Louis XIV—Julius Caesar is a major figure in European political history. But what kind of man was he exactly? A dictator, Julius Caesar always sought to establish his authority over a people who admired him. A propagator of Roman culture among the Celtic populations of Europe, he was also the ruthless warrior of the Gallic campaign, whose genocidal nature will be noted in the modern era. Finally, at the height of his power, Caesar was assassinated in circumstances that are among the great political and psychological enigmas of history. In this biography, which is based on an exhaustive knowledge of ancient historiographical sources, Luciano Canfora paints a surprisingly accurate portrait of a complex personality, whose enterprise of "Romanization" is at the origin of modern Europe.