The Year of Julius and Caesar: 59 BC and the Transformation of the Roman Republic

by Stefan G Chrissanthos and Stefan G. Chrissanthos

Book Overview

How Caesar's attack on Bibulus marked the beginning of the end of the Roman free state and the descent of the Republic into violence and civil war.

The year 59 BC--when Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus served as joint consuls--marked a major turning point in the history of the Roman Republic. It was a dramatic and momentous time of political intrigue, bloodshed, and murder, one that boasted some of the most famous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421429705
• ISBN13: 9781421429700
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"