The Death of Caesar by Barry Strauss Requirements: .MP3 reader, 228 mbOverview: William Shakespeare’s gripping play showed Caesar’s assassination to be an amateur and idealistic affair. The real killing, however, was a carefully planned paramilitary operation, a generals’ plot put together by Caesar’s disaffected officers and designed with precision. Brutus and Cassius were indeed key […]
Julius Caesar: A Captivating Guide to One of the Greatest Generals in Ancient Rome and His Role in the Fall of the Roman Republic and Rise of the Roman Empire by Captivating HistoryRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 261 MBOverview: By taking a broad and narrow focus, this volume is able to simultaneously give the listener a nice […]
The Sons of Caesar: Imperial Rome’s First Dynasty by Philip MatyszakRequirements: .ePUB reader, 30,9 MBOverview: The story of one of the most colorful dynasties in history, from Caesar’s rise to power in the first century BC to Nero’s death in AD 68 This engaging new study reviews the long history of the Julian and Claudian […]
Blood of the Caesars: How the Murder of Germanicus Led to the Fall of Rome by Stephen Dando-CollinsRequirements: .MP3 reader, 267.3 MBOverview: Could the killing of Germanicus Julius Caesar – the grandson of Mark Antony, adopted son of the emperor Tiberius, father of Caligula, and grandfather of Nero – while the Roman Empire was still […]
The Assassination of Julius Caesar by Michael ParentiRequirements: .MP3 reader, 150mbOverview: Most historians, both ancient and modern, have viewed the Late Republic of Rome through the eyes of its rich nobility. In The Assassination of Julius Caesar, Michael Parenti presents us with a story of popular resistance against entrenched power and wealth. As he carefully […]