Robert Garland is the Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. He is the author of many books, including The Greek Way of Death, The Greek Way of Life, The Piraeus, Introducing New Gods, Religion and the Greeks, and Daily Life of the Greeks.

Cracking along at the pace of an airport thriller, Robert Garland's Julius Caesar provides a fascinating bird's-eye view of this talismanic figure in the turmoil of the late Roman republic. Highly recommended.Peter Jones, The Sunday Telegraph

• IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsChronology1 The Man2 The Witnesses3 The Crisis4 The Ambitious Upstart5 The Proconsul of Gaul6 The Gambler7 The Final Months8 The Conspiracy9 The Murder10 The Funeral11 The Avenger12 The Legacy13 The Verdict14 The MediaNotesFurther ReadingIndex

Robert Garland is the Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. He is the author of many books, including The Greek Way of Death, The Greek Way of Life, The Piraeus, Introducing New Gods, Religion and the Greeks, and Daily Life of the Greeks.

Cracking along at the pace of an airport thriller, Robert Garland's Julius Caesar provides a fascinating bird's-eye view of this talismanic figure in the turmoil of the late Roman republic. Highly recommended.Peter Jones, The Sunday Telegraph

• IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsChronology1 The Man2 The Witnesses3 The Crisis4 The Ambitious Upstart5 The Proconsul of Gaul6 The Gambler7 The Final Months8 The Conspiracy9 The Murder10 The Funeral11 The Avenger12 The Legacy13 The Verdict14 The MediaNotesFurther ReadingIndex

Robert Garland is the Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. He is the author of many books, including The Greek Way of Death, The Greek Way of Life, The Piraeus, Introducing New Gods, Religion and the Greeks, and Daily Life of the Greeks.

Cracking along at the pace of an airport thriller, Robert Garland's Julius Caesar provides a fascinating bird's-eye view of this talismanic figure in the turmoil of the late Roman republic. Highly recommended.Peter Jones, The Sunday Telegraph

• IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsChronology1 The Man2 The Witnesses3 The Crisis4 The Ambitious Upstart5 The Proconsul of Gaul6 The Gambler7 The Final Months8 The Conspiracy9 The Murder10 The Funeral11 The Avenger12 The Legacy13 The Verdict14 The MediaNotesFurther ReadingIndex