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JULIUS CAESAR
A Life From Beginning to End
Copyright © 2016 by Hourly History.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The Underpinnings of a Republic
The Real Struggle Begins
When in Rome
The Ides of March
Conclusion
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Introduction
The tale of the man who would come to be known as Julius Caesar is one on a grandiose scale filled with drama - so much drama in fact that it would inspire William Shakespeare to write up his epic play of the same name, based on the same man, about 1500 years after the fact. Julius Caesar was a man of many strengths; he was one of the greatest military generals of all time, but he was also a writer, and much of what we know of him and his campaigns are derived from his own direct, vivid accounts of what transpired.
A true Renaissance man centuries before any other, Julius was well groomed to take on the role of leader and statesman that would eventually catapult him to the top of the Roman Republic. Caesar was known to be well-rounded in not only his abilities but also in his temperament. While he was capable of ruthless brutality, more often than not he was more inclined to practice mercy and clemency for his adversaries - so much so that his future would-be assassins were in fact at one time pardoned by his own hand.
A truly adept politician, Julius had a fine command over both the sword and the pen, and he achieved just as much during his lifetime through political maneuvering as he did through the maneuvering of his military forces. When we look toward the transition between the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire we can only look to Julius Caesar as the bookend firmly ensconced between these two eras.
Chapter One
The Underpinnings of a Republic
The Roman Republic that Julius Caesar was born into was the only superpower left in the ancient world. Centuries before the rise of the Republic the Macedonian king Alexander the Great had carved through and subdued much of the Mediterranean, leaving the previous world empires shattered in his wake. Thanks to him, the might of Persia was smashed and much of the Middle-East and North Africa were sent hurdling into Greco-Roman orbit.
As a consequence, not long after Alexander’s short tenure as a world leader and the demise of Ptolemy and other fleetingly brief post-Alexandrian regimes, the torch was finally passed to the Romans to consolidate and hold his gains. By 146 BCE the Roman Republic had put down all other potential claimants to Alexander’s legacy; ............

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