The death of Caesar the story of history's most famous assassination
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 o...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2015.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-308) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781451668797 (hardcover) 1451668791 (hardcover) |
