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As politician & diplomat, writer & lover, above all as a military genius, Julius Caesar is one of the perennially fascinating figures in history. Boswell called him ”the greatest man of any age.” Christian Meier’s authoritative & accessible biography is the definitive modern account of his life & career, setting his life story against the socio-political background of the Late Roman Republic.List of IllustrationsCaesar & Rome: Two Realities Caesar's FascinationCrisis & OutsidersBirth & FamilyYouth in RomeThe Second Decade: Experience of the Civil War & 1st Commitment The 1st Test: the Experience of Rome in the Decade after the Restoration 78-70 The Political Rise of the Outsider 69-60Crisis & Tensions: Cato's Authority, Pompey's Difficulty, Caesar's Problem The Consulship 59Achievement in Gaul The Process of the Crisis without Alternative, Caesar's Right to the Civil War, his GreatnessThe Civil War 49-46Failure after VictoryAfterwordAfterword to the 3rd German Paperback EditionIndex