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Author Strauss, Barry S.

Title The death of Caesar : the story of history's most famous assassination / Barry Strauss.

Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  937.05 STR    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  937.05 STR    AVAILABLE
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Description 323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustration, maps ; 24 cm
Contents Part I. Return to Rome -- Riding with Caesar -- The best men -- Decision in a villa -- Caesar's last triumph -- Part II. Blood on the stones -- The birth of a plot -- Wanted: assassins -- Caesar leaves home -- Murder -- A republic in the balance -- A funeral to remember -- Part III. The road back -- The struggle for Italy -- Vengeance -- Augustus.
Summary "Tells the dramatic story of one of history's most famous events in the historical context of Rome's civil wars." - Dust jacket.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Caesar, Julius -- Assassination.
ISBN 9781451668797
1451668791
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