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Hardback, Pages: x + 236, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:11 b/w, 55 col., 2 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503619309. Summary Conqueror of Gaul, textbook author, demagogue, gravedigger of the Republic, first emperor: Caesar, and in particular the Caesar of the 40s BC, is equally Roman superstar and notorious dictator, and certainly one of the most controversial figures of Roman history. Bringing together specialists of various disciplines and representatives of different schools of thought, this volume offers a fresh appreciation of both Caesar as an historical character and of a period that irrevocably turned Rome into a military, political, and cultural centre and a point of reference for the ancient Mediterranean world. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations 1. Caesar's Visions and Impact on the Roman Empire: Revisiting the Archaeological and Historical Record for the 40s BC Kre?imir Matijevi?, Rubina Raja, and J rg R pke 2. Caesar's Dictatura Perpetua Revisited, in Light of the Newly Published Fragment of the Consular Fasti Robert Morstein-Marx 3. Caesar's monumentum and his Vision for Rome. Missing Entrances and Conjectural Connections: Probing the Boundaries of Rome's First Imperial Forum Christopher H. Hallet and Rubina Raja 4. Caesar from the Campus Martius to the vici: Towards a New Idea of the Roman People? Valentina Arena 5. Preservation and Change: The Ambiguous Legacy of the Syracusan ? after Caesar's Policies Sofia Bianchi Mancini 6. Valerius Maximus on Julius Caesar and Public Speech in the 40s BC Henriette van der Blom 7. 'Like Bellona Brandishing her Blood-Stained Lash' (VII.568): The Demonization of Caesar in Lucan's Bellum civile Nicola H mke 8. Complex Dynamics: Cleopatra and her Relationship with Caesar, Antony, and Octavian in Ludvig Holberg's Biography of Cleopatra (1745) Trine Arlund Hass 9. The Horizon of Rome: Julius Caesar's Rise to the Top and the End of the Republic Martin Jehne 10. Caesar's Impact on his Successors in the Triumviral Period Kre?imir Matijevi? 11. Some Caesarian Precedents Michael Koortbojian 12. God and Foundational Figure: Veneration of Caesar as the First Roman Axial Age Religion J rg R pke 13. Julius Caesar's Transformation of the Roman Currency Bernhard E. Woytek Index locorum Index of Names Index of Places