Julius Caesar The Pursuit of Power

The epic life story of the Roman statesman, military commander, and dictator, from the bestselling author of Thermopylae.

Born to Roman aristocracy in 100 BC, Julius Caesar became one of the most powerful men in history. He was a military genius, a fierce politician, and a brilliant writer and orator. When he formed an alliance with Pompey and Crassus, the triumvirate of officials took control of the Roman Republic. But Caesar’s quest for power was only beginning.

As proconsul, he went to war against the Gallic tribes of the north, extending Roman territory into Gaul, Belgium, Germany, and Britain. When the Gallic Wars ended, the Roman senate called on Caesar to return to private life. But rather than relinquish his title, Caesar led his legion into a civil war that would spell the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire.

In this thrilling and thoroughly researched biography, Ernle Bradford cuts through the legends in order to present a truthful and nuanced portrait of a man whose pursuit of power knew no bounds.

Ernle Bradford was born in 1922 and died in 1986. He was a noted British historian specializing in the Mediterranean world and naval topics. Bradford was an enthusiastic sailor himself and spent almost thirty years sailing the Mediterranean, where many of his books are set. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, finishing as the first lieutenant of a destroyer. Bradford lived in Malta for a number of years. He did occasional broadcast work for the BBC, was a magazine editor, and wrote many books, including Hannibal, Paul the Traveller, Julius Caesar: The Pursuit of Power, Christopher Columbus, and The Mighty Hood.

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Epigraph
Chapter 1 - Ancestry and Antecedents
Chapter 2 - Beginnings
Chapter 3 – A Greek Adventure
Chapter 4 – Politics and Money
Chapter 5 – The Shape of Ambition
Chapter 6 – From Conspirator to Chief Priest
Chapter 7 – A State of Crisis
Chapter 8 – The Praetor and a Scandal
Chapter 9 – Pompey and Caesar
Chapter 10 – Caesar’s Consulship
Chapter 11 - Proconsul
Chapter 12 – The Tools of the Trade
Chapter 13 – The First Planned Victories
Chapter 14 – Ariovistus and After
Chapter 15 – Conquest of the Belgians
Chapter 16 – Politics and a Revolt
Chapter 17 – From Germany to Britain
Chapter 18 - Invasion
Chapter 19 – Disturbances in West and East
Chapter 20 – The Great Gallic Uprising
Chapter 21 - Alesia and an Example in the Dordogne
Chapter 22 – Tension and Dissension
Chapter 23 – Across the River
Chapter 24 – Civil War
Chapter 25 – Rome, Marseilles, Span
Chapter 26 – War in Greece
Chapter 27 - Pharsalus
Chapter 28 – In the East
Chapter 29 – Alexandrian Affairs
Chapter 30 – Pharnaces and Pompey’s Sons
Chapter 31 – Thapsus and Triumph
Chapter 32 – Imperious Caesar
Chapter 33 – Administrator and General
Chapter 34 – Dictator Perpetual
Chapter 35 – The Desired Death
Chapter 36 - Apotheosis
Chronology of Caesar’s Life
Further Reading

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