The Death of Pompey
Author: Pierre Corneille
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Author: Pierre Corneille
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Published: 2021
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Samuel Clarke
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Published: 1665
Total Pages: 67
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Masefield
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 118
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Barry Strauss
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-03-03
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1451668821
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this story of the most famous assassination in history, “the last bloody day of the [Roman] Republic has never been painted so brilliantly” (The Wall Street Journal). Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate on March 15, 44 BC—the Ides of March according to the Roman calendar. He was, says author Barry Strauss, the last casualty of one civil war and the first casualty of the next civil war, which would end the Roman Republic and inaugurate the Roman Empire. “The Death of Caesar provides a fresh look at a well-trodden event, with superb storytelling sure to inspire awe” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Why was Caesar killed? For political reasons, mainly. The conspirators wanted to return Rome to the days when the Senate ruled, but Caesar hoped to pass along his new powers to his family, especially Octavian. The principal plotters were Brutus, Cassius (both former allies of Pompey), and Decimus. The last was a leading general and close friend of Caesar’s who felt betrayed by the great man: He was the mole in Caesar’s camp. But after the assassination everything went wrong. The killers left the body in the Senate and Caesar’s allies held a public funeral. Mark Antony made a brilliant speech—not “Friends, Romans, Countrymen” as Shakespeare had it, but something inflammatory that caused a riot. The conspirators fled Rome. Brutus and Cassius raised an army in Greece but Antony and Octavian defeated them. An original, new perspective on an event that seems well known, The Death of Caesar is “one of the most riveting hour-by-hour accounts of Caesar’s final day I have read....An absolutely marvelous read” (The Times, London).
Author: William Shakespeare
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 248
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Samuel Clarke
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Published: 1665
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Parenti
Publisher: The New Press
Published: 2004-03-09
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1565849426
DOWNLOAD EBOOKParenti presents a story of popular resistance against entrenched power and wealth. As he carefully weighs the evidence in the murder of Caesar, he sketches in the background to the crime with fascinating detail about Roman society.
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 168
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robin Seager
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 236
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: A. J. Langguth
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 392
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA gripping, high-stakes epic that capitalizes on the wealth of primary materials--from Caesar's war stories to Cicero's intimate letters--to get straight to the heart of the political intrigues, alliances, and deal making that--now more than ever--seem especially vibrant and contemporary. Maps and photos.