A thorough reconsideration of Julius Caesar's career throughout the crisis of the Roman Republic. Argues that Caesar was not an aspiring autocrat seeking to overthrow the Republic, but an unusually successful republican political leader against whom a determined opposition ultimately preferred to wage civil war rather than accept political defeat. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Author(s): Robert (University of California, Santa Barbara) Morstein-Marx Illustration(s): Worked examples or Exercises Number of pages: 700 Publication date: 2021 Dimensions: 163 x 235 x 44 Cover type: Hardback