Caesar

De: Adrian Goldsworthy

Narrado por: Roger Davis

The story of one of the most brilliant, flamboyant and historically important men who ever lived.

From the very beginning, Caesar's story makes for a dazzling story. In his late teens, he narrowly avoided execution for opposing the military dictator Sulla. He was decorated for valor in battle, captured and held to ransom by pirates, and almost bankrupted himself by staging games for the masses.

As a politician, he quickly gained a reputation as a dangerously ambitious maverick. By his early 30s, he had risen to the position of Consul and was already beginning to dominate the Senate. His affairs with noblewomen were both frequent and scandalous.

His greatest skill, outside the bedroom, was as a military commander. In a string of spectacular victories, he conquered all of Gaul, invaded Germany, and twice landed in Britain - an achievement which in 55 BC was greeted with a public euphoria comparable to that generated by the moon landing in 1969.

In just thirty years, he had risen from a position of virtual obscurity to become one of the richest men in the world, with the power single-handedly to overthrow the Republic. By his death, he was effectively emperor of most of the known world.

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