Caesar: A Biography (October Ma)

Author: Colleen McCullough (Australia), translated by Long Honglian and Wang Shudong
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: In ancient Rome, on the Ides of October each year, people offered sacrifices to the finest warhorse—the October Horse—to pray for the empire to forever maintain its unparalleled majesty and glory. The "October Horse" symbolizes Julius Caesar's life of military campaigns and his tragic fate. In the twilight years of the empire, Julius Caesar was a highly controversial figure. Some adored him, while others despised him, yet his ruling position in the Senate remained unshaken. Under the pressure of civil war, he had to set aside his charming and cunning lover—the legendary Cleopatra of Egypt—and turn his attention to the future of the empire: Who would be the rightful heir to the highest rule of the Roman Empire? Under the shadow of the empire, murder was everywhere. Whose wisdom and cunning were enough to overthrow the giant empire? And who could face the chaos and turmoil that would follow the collapse of the giant with composure?