LEADER 03792nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910878079803321 005 20240418120239.0 010 $a1-78268-599-5 010 $a1-282-11640-1 010 $a9786612116407 010 $a1-4051-8507-4 010 $a1-4443-0844-0 010 $a1-4443-0845-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000748269 035 $a(EBL)437508 035 $a(OCoLC)429074904 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000126122 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11139893 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126122 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10045240 035 $a(PQKB)11751966 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC437508 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4040883 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000748269 100 $a20081024d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 02$aA companion to Julius Caesar /$fedited by Miriam Griffin 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMalden, MA ;$aChichester, West Sussex $cWiley-Blackwell$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (534 p.) 225 1 $aBlackwell companions to the ancient world 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-119-02557-5 311 $a1-4051-4923-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA COMPANION TO JULIUS CAESAR; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Reference Works: Abbreviated Titles; 1 Introduction; Part I Biography: Narrative; 2 From the Iulii to Caesar; 3 Caesar as a Politician; 4 The Proconsular Years: Politics at a Distance; 5 The Dictator; 6 The Assassination; Part II Biography: Themes; 7 General and Imperialist; 8 Caesar and Religion; 9 Friends, Associates, and Wives; 10 Caesar the Man; 11 Caesar as an Intellectual; Part III Caesar's Extant Writings; 12 Bellum Gallicum; 13 Bellum Civile; 14 The Continuators: Soldiering On 327 $aPart IV Caesar's Reputation at Rome15 Caesar's Political and Military Legacy to the Roman Emperors; 16 Augustan and Tiberian Literature; 17 Neronian Literature: Seneca and Lucan; 18 The First Biographers: Plutarch and Suetonius; 19 The Roman Historians after Livy; 20 The First Emperor: The View of Late Antiquity; 21 The Irritating Statues and Contradictory Portraits of Julius Caesar; Part V Caesar's Place in History; 22 The Middle Ages; 23 Empire, Eloquence, and Military Genius: Renaissance Italy; 24 Some Renaissance Caesars; 25 Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and the Dramatic Tradition 327 $a26 The Enlightenment27 Caesar and the Two Napoleons; 28 Republicanism, Caesarism, and Political Change; 29 Caesar for Communists and Fascists; 30 A Twenty-First-Century Caesar; Bibliography; Index 330 $aA Companion to Julius Caesar comprises 30 essays from leading scholars examining the life and after life of this great polarizing figure.Explores Caesar from a variety of perspectives: military genius, ruthless tyrant, brilliant politician, first class orator, sophisticated man of letters, and moreUtilizes Caesar's own extant writingsExamines the viewpoints of Caesar's contemporaries and explores Caesar's portrayals by artists and writers through the ages 410 0$aBlackwell companions to the ancient world. 606 $aGenerals$zRome$vBiography 606 $aHeads of state$zRome$vBiography 607 $aRome$xHistory$yRepublic, 265-30 B.C 615 0$aGenerals 615 0$aHeads of state 676 $a937 676 $a937.02092 676 $a937.05092 676 $a937/.02092 701 $aGriffin$b Miriam T$g(Miriam Tamara)$0154210 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910878079803321 996 $aCompanion to Julius Caesar$91507874 997 $aUNINA