Et Tu, Brute?: A Short History of Political Murder

by Greg Woolf

Book Overview

Why did Caesar have to die--and why did his death solve nothing? The plot was confused, the execution bungled, and within hours different versions of the event were circulating. It was the end of republican Rome and the beginning of the Roman Empire--and yet everything about it remains somewhat mysterious.

Beginning with this legendary political assassination, immortalized in art and literature through the ages, Greg Woolf delivers a remarkable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674026845
• ISBN13: 9780674026841
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.5"