description: =The impotence of omnipotence Dictators Caesar: three biographical sketchesIn his own day Caesar excited both admiration and revulsion. Abusing his power as consul, he ran afoul of the Senate in 59 B.C. and the next year embarked, without the Senate's authority, on a bloody war of aggression in Gaul, which he subjugated and impoverished, largely for his own glory. Honored, nevertheless for his unwanted conquests, Caesar was also threatened with prosecution for unconstitutional conduct during his consulship. To save his political existence, he plunged Rome into a civil war that soon spread throughout the Mediterranean world.
language: German
title: Die Ohnmacht des allmächtigen Dictators Caesar: Drei biographische Skizzen
titlecomplete: Die Ohnmacht des allmächtigen Dictators Caesar: Drei biographische Skizzen
characters: Julius Caesar (Roman emperor)
genres: Classics, Roman, History, Classical Studies, Ancient History, Biography Memoir, World History, Biography, Ancient, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 701
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Schlegel-Tieck Prize
category: David McLintock
publisher: Suhrkamp