Julius Caesar

Few figures in world history have been viewed with the same passion by their contemporaries and by posterity as Caesar. And only a few have been judged so differently. What were his goals? What motivated him? Did he want to preserve the Republic, or was he striving for the diadem of a king? After his victory in the civil war, was he driven by the hope of healing the tormented world as a savior and prince of peace? Or had war become an uncontrollable passion for him, unmatched by anything else, even the task of reorganizing a disordered empire? Werner Dahlheim, one of the most brilliant stylists among German historians, now presents his answers in a fascinating book about the triumph and tragedy of a great conqueror. Dahlheim illustrates Caesar's fate as an example of soaring heights and falls, victories and failures in politics and war.