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Julius Caesar and the Roman people
- Title
- Julius Caesar and the Roman people / Robert Morstein-Marx, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Author
- Morstein-Marx, Robert
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- ©2021
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Details
- Description
- xii, 690 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Julius Caesar was no aspiring autocrat seeking to realize the imperial future but an unusually successful republican leader who was measured against the Republic's traditions and its greatest heroes of the past. Catastrophe befell Rome not because Caesar (or anyone else) turned against the Republic, its norms and institutions, but because Caesar's extraordinary success mobilized a determined opposition which ultimately preferred to precipitate civil war rather than accept its political defeat. Based on painstaking re-analysis of the ancient sources in the light of recent advances in our understanding of the participatory role of the People in the republican political system, a strong emphasis on agents' choices rather than structural causation, and profound scepticism toward the facile determinism that often substitutes for historical explanation, this book offers a radical reinterpretation of a figure of profound historical importance who stands at the turning point of Roman history from Republic to Empire"--
- Subjects
- Political leadership
- Caesar, Julius
- Military history
- History
- 265-30 B.C
- Rome (Empire)
- Politics and government
- Kings and rulers
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- HISTORY / Ancient / General
- Rome > History, Military > 265-30 B.C
- Rome > Kings and rulers
- Political leadership > Rome > History
- Rome > Politics and government > 265-30 B.C
- Caesar, Julius > Influence
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Military history.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 647-674) and indexes.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Early Caesar -- 3. Caesar's "Entry into History": The Catilinarian Debate and Its Aftermath -- 4. Caesar's First Consulship -- 5. Caesar in Gaul: The View from Rome -- 6. No Return: Caesar's Dignitas and the Coming of the Civil War -- 7. Taking Sides -- 8. Caesar's Leniency -- 9. En route to the Parthian War -- 10. Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-441
- ISBN
- 9781108837842
- 1108837840
- LCCN
- 2021024626
- 17145735
- OCLC
- 1225977959
- Author
- Morstein-Marx, Robert, author.
- Title
- Julius Caesar and the Roman people / Robert Morstein-Marx, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 647-674) and indexes.
- Chronological Term
- 265-30 B.C.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Morstein-Marx, Robert, 1958- Julius Caesar and the Roman people Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781108943260 (DLC) 2021024627
- Other Standard Identifier
- 17145735
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-441