| Title | : | History of Julius Caesar |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 239 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1849 |
History of Julius Caesar Reviews
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Ni loše, ni odlično... srednje... Naravno, treba uzeti u obzir da je original tekst napisan sredinom 19. veka. Malo nerviraju aluzije na autorovo tadašnje društvo, da nema toga možda bih dao zvezdicu više.
Odlična biografija Cezara za školarce i one kojima istorija nije struka a žele da saznaju o životu jednog od najvećih državnika i vojskovođa Rimskog carstva :) -
Caesar´s story is a story of a very ambitious man, politician, orator and general. Stern and generous, a brave leader and a very talented person. He stood his ground when Silla (or Sulla), the most powerful man in Rome of the time wanted him to leave his wife connected with Marius, Silla´s biggest rival. Being captured by pirates he was treated as a superior because of his demeanour. He overcame his rival Pompey and became the most powerful man in all Roman Empire. And with all his power he was generous with the soldiers and generals who fought against him and pardoned their lives. Even gave some offices of honor in Rome sometime afterwards. He helped Cleopatra to seize the throne in Egypt. He changed the calendar to basically what we know nowadays (except a small change in 1582). The only thing he didn't learn was to choose his friends cautiously.
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History of Julius Caesar by Jacob Abbott
Though written roughly 100 years ago, it was still an excellent overview of Caesar's life and times. I was already somewhat familiar with his history, but this book went into more detail in areas I wasn't as familiar by highlighting major events in his life as he become the most powerful man in Rome with the entire Roman Empire at his beck and call as "dictator in perpetuity".
I learned a number of things, but one that stuck out the most was at the end, Caesar was killed on the day he was going to be crowned King of the Roman empire excluding Rome in order to fulfill a prophecy about a king defeating the Parthians. His conspirators did that on purpose, as a warning to all would be Roman rulers. Too bad it didn't stick, instead it kicked off civil wars and Caesar's grandson Octavius (later Augustus) took over the same role and expanding it, calling himself 'Princeps Senatus' and concentrating more power unto himself, starting the rule of the Emperors, ending the Republic that had existed for 500 years.
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Jacob Abbott wrote a series of histories of great historical figures around the turn of the 20th century. This one, about Julius Caesar is one of the best. Abbott provides great details in his books which are short and to the point. Something I liked about this book is that it contains details I didnt know well. Abbott covers Caesar 's early life and his role in the Sylla and Marius conflict well. He also gives ample time to Caesar's conflict with Pompey. The short shift is given to Caesar after the conflict with Pompey was over.
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It is a short book about a great man. I enjoyed the reading and lessons learned from it. I do recommend it!
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great easy to read biography of fascinating man
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Yönetilmesi gerektiğini bilen bir halk, eğer bir yönetimin iradesine teslim olmaları gerekiyorsa genellikle itaatlerini ulu ve kabul edilen üstleri olarak görebilecekleri tek bir esas güce sunmayı tercih ederler.
Nefret ettiği birisini öldürmenin ve hatta tutkunun ani dürtüsü altında bile doğrudan darbeyi vurmanın sakin ve kasti kararını vermek
için insanda hatırı sayılır derecede fiziksel cesarete ve metanete gerek duyulur. Ama bunlardan herhangi birine tamamen sahip olan insanlar sık sık, kurbanlarının canlı etine hançeri vurma anı geldiğinde, o karşısında rahat umursamaz bir şekilde silahsız ve savunmasız otururken ve genellikle insanın koluna bu gibi işler için güç vermekte gerekli olan nefret ve sinir duygularını yükselten bir şey yapmazken kararlarının onları yanılttığını görürler. Buna göre tam savunmasızlık bazen çelik zırhtan bile daha iyi bir korumadır.
Pompey'in kovalanışı ve ölümü oldukça trajikti. Lakin Sezar'ın düşmanlarına olan merhameti sonrası haince öldürülüşü Pompeyin ölümü yüzünden meydana gelen bir takdiri ilahi demek aşılığa kaçar. Ki saldırıyı yapanlar Sezar sayesinde hayatta kalmış ve makam ve mevki kazanmış akrabalık ilişkisi kurmuş insanlar. -
Julije Cezar kao i svi ostali ljudi koji su obeležili našu prošlost su imali jednu zajedničku osobinu: imali su poseban tip ambicije, svi su znali šta žele u životu i na tome su radili strpljivo godinama. Njegova uzrečica je bila: „Radije bi bio prvi čovek u selu, nego drugi u Rimu.“
Bio je sposoban vojskovođa, plemenit prema zarobljenim vojnicima. Promene koje je uveo u vreme svoje vladavine, važe i dan danas.
U njegovo vreme, (100 pne – 42 pne) sistem merenja vremena je bio u suprotnosti sa sunčevim ciklusom, meseci su se neprestano šetali, tako da su zimski meseci padali u leto. Cezar je uveo novi sistem meseci koji je određivao po 365 dana za tri uzastopne godine i 366 za četvrtu godinu. Taj sistem se koristio 16 vekova kada je ustanovljeno da su se meseci pomerili za 11 dana. Uvedene su nove izmene i sada treba da prođe 3 hiljada godina da bi se javila greška za 1 dan. Mesec JULI je nazvan po njemu, u tom mesecu je rođen. Nekada je MART bio prvi mesec, ali je danas ostalo samo to da se horoskopski znači računaju od marta. -
Such an awful books I made a goodreads account to critique it .
Preface: I am a third year classicist at university and turned a reading of this on at night thinking it'd it'd be a comfortable companion to fall asleep to. Absolutely not! Horrible misrepresentations of many classical figures without so mucu of a source as hearing in myth and legend
I really made this account just to say how AWFUL this book is. PLEASE do not read of you want an accurate image of Caesar, even his own works are less biased... -
Listened to The Life of Julius Caesar in audio version. Just four hours to listen to it and well worth it for getting up to speed fast on Caesar. Amazing man, amazing life and legacy. BTW this was a free download from the Audiobooks app. After listening to this book, which I found to be written in clear uncomplicated language, I found it was written in 1849 for children. Hm.... Published by Libra Vox.
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History is written by the victors, and this is very much the case here. Julius is portrayed as the ever benevolent, loved, and destined leader of Rome. Although I'm sure he shared some of these traits, it's unlikely, recognizing his actions that he wasn't equally as deceitful and machiavellian. Regardless of the author's bias, what a bloody epic!! The commitment and collapse of the triumpherate peaked my interest like hell.
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Wonderful short read about Julius Caesar his genius and his folly. The book almost makes you sympathize with the assassinators as who would want to be ruled by a tyrant dictator king. Then again, it reminds us that from the point of view of the individual citizens not in power, one leader is and was as good as another and maybe a single ruler may have been even better.
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Latest of many, many books I've read about the life and successes of Julius Caesar.
Enjoyable and informative, though in many parts not historically accurate or perhaps simply reflecting the view at the time of writing.
Still, it covers most of Caesar's life, so I would recommend it to anyone looking to know more about the life and glory of one of Rome's mightiest heroes. -
The book in itself is a great introduction to the life of Julius Caesar. However, the personal, and Christian, opinions that the author sometimes gives regarding some events diverts our attention from the history itself.
Overall it is an entertaining book. I got to listen to the audiobook that is available at the librivox website. -
I expected more from the book, but found it exhausting to read. It literally all about war, battle and fight. Many thing has been skipped. It contains some misinformation about Caesar's offsprings and some of the fact seem like writer himself was confused.
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Totally forgot to update that I read this. A short audiobook only a few hours long and a very broad overview of Caesar's life. I got the feeling that the author thought Caesar was a better man than most people think, but it was a fun and interesting read and I learned a lot
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It would have been more enjoyable if it wasn't so loaded with the authors own prejudices. That being said, it was a concise history of the man.
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Always well-known, thanks to Shakespeare.
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Hard to read
The story is great. It is just hard to read. I fell asleep but at the end I couldn't quit reading. -
Really good, short synopsis of Caesar's life. Interesting and brief with enough detail to give a good picture of his life and death.
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Excellent book. History we should all know. So many things permeate to today and so much seems relevant to current events.
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[Audiobook]Well it is an old book that talkes about caesar so cool ig
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I've long since realized how much quickly any information I gather from a Kindle can dissipate, but the perks of a Kindle download can sometimes offset that downside. Kindle's "notes" allows me to highlight any phrase or paragraph that catches my fancy. And this one certainly did--it reminds me of present day Philippine politics-cum-popularity contests:
"Many of the most important offices of the state depended upon the votes of the people; and as the people had very little opportunity to become acquainted with the real merits of the case in respect to questions of government, they gave their votes very much according to the personal popularity of the candidate. Public men had very little moral principle in those days, and they would accordingly resort to any means whatever to procure this personal popularity. They who wanted office were accustomed to bribe influential men among the people to support them, sometimes by promising them subordinate offices, and sometimes by the direct donation of sums of money; and they would try to please the mass of the people, who were too numerous to be paid with offices or with gold, by shows and spectacles, and entertainments of every kind which they would provide for their amusement."
