Discover This Story
This illustrated biography follows the choices that made Caesar powerful and the destruction that accompanied them. Read about his early career, the Gallic campaigns, Alesia, the crossing of the Rubicon, Egypt, reform, and assassination. His own writing is considered alongside other ancient accounts, with sources and a bibliography for further reading.
Topics explored
- The Roman Republic, Caesar’s early political career, and the First Triumvirate
- Gaul, Britain, and the siege of Alesia
- The Rubicon, civil war, Egypt, and Cleopatra
- Reforms, the Ides of March, and Caesar’s legacy