The Year of Julius and Caesar: 59 BC and the Tr, Chrissanthos Paperback^+

The Year of Julius and Caesar59 BC and the Transformation of the Roman Republic\nAuthor(s): Stefan G. Chrissanthos\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States\nImprint: Johns Hopkins University Press\nISBN-13: 9781421429700, 978-1421429700\nSynopsis\nHow Caesar's attack on Bibulus marked the beginning of the end of the Roman free state and the descent of the Republic into violence and civil war.\n\nThe year 59 BCwhen Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus served as joint consulsmarked a major turning point in the history of the Roman Republic. It was a dramatic and momentous time of political intrigue, bloodshed, and murder, one that boasted some of the most famous personalities ever to grace the Roman historical stage. Arguing that this pivotal year demands extended study, Stefan G. Chrissanthos's The Year of Julius and Caesar is the first focused investigation of the period.\n\nChrissanthos uses a single event as his centerpiece: the viol.