Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Kallet-Marx, Robert Morstein
Titre(s) : Julius Caesar and the Roman people [Texte imprimé] / Robert Morstein-Marx
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xii, 690 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 647-674) and indexes
"Julius Caesar was no aspiring autocrat seeking to realize the imperial future but
an unusually successful republican leader who was measured against the Republic's
traditions and its greatest heroes of the past. Catastrophe befell Rome not because
Caesar (or anyone else) turned against the Republic, its norms and institutions, but
because Caesar's extraordinary success mobilized a determined opposition which ultimately
preferred to precipitate civil war rather than accept its political defeat. Based
on painstaking re-analysis of the ancient sources in the light of recent advances
in our understanding of the participatory role of the People in the republican political
system, a strong emphasis on agents' choices rather than structural causation, and
profound scepticism toward the facile determinism that often substitutes for historical
explanation, this book offers a radical reinterpretation of a figure of profound historical
importance who stands at the turning point of Roman history from Republic to Empire"
Sujet(s) : César, Jules (0100-0044 av. J.-C.) -- Influence
Politique et gouvernement -- Rome -- 1er siècle av. J.-C.
Leadership politique -- Rome -- 1er siècle av. J.-C.
Indice(s) Dewey :
937.05 (23e éd.) = Histoire antique - Péninsule italienne - 0146-0031 av. J.-C.
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781108837842. - ISBN 1108837840. - ISBN 9781108943260 (erroné). - ISBN 9781108950244
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46875164v
Notice n° :
FRBNF46875164
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 1. Introduction ; 2. The Early Caesar ; 3. Caesar's "Entry into History": The Catilinarian
Debate and Its Aftermath ; 4. Caesar's First Consulship ; 5. Caesar in Gaul: The
View from Rome ; 6. No Return: Caesar's Dignitas and the Coming of the Civil War
; 7. Taking Sides ; 8. Caesar's Leniency ; 9. En route to the Parthian War ; 10.
Conclusion.