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E-book Title: Caius the making of the Hero
Book Description: Overview of the novel
This Novel presents a picture of Julius Caesar, as an idealistic young patrician, bent on bringing justice and freedom to a world, which has been ravaged by greed and the consequences of political corruption. Assisting him in achieving this goal is a family of four magnificent women, consisting of his wife, mother, aunt and daughter.
The Novel takes us through a detailed glimpse of a time at the end of the Roman Republic, when partisan politics, rebellious factions and wealthy warlords had all struggled to wrench the power of this expanding world power into their own greedy hands. This was a time of chaos where the many were manipulated by the few.
The novel begins as a Caesar about to end his life on the eve of the Ides of March 44 BC reminisces about how he came to his place in life, and ends just as he begins to solidify his meteoric rise to power.
It shows the young Caesar hounded by the enemy political faction, which has assumed power after the death of his uncle Caius Marius, in the person of the tyrant Dictator Sulla. Having defied the dictator's wish to divorce his wife Cornelia, the daughter of the Dictator's archenemy Lucius Cinna, we follow Caesar's adventures and narrow escape, which is attained through the help of his friends and family.
Then we follow along as he slowly makes his way into both military and political adventures that take him far away from Rome into Greece and modern day Turkey; adventures that include not only him but the immediate family of his wife and daughter.
The novel shows us this character in a new light as both crusader and savior of the downtrodden, and husband and father. It also highlights the part played by these women who are always there to help and counsel him, until the tragic end of the novel when he loses first his aunt and then his wife.
This is a powerful novel, which shows this character in a new and interesting perspective, not as a stiff icon, but as a living breathing man who is constantly torn between the duty towards his station in life, and the love of his wife and family. Included in the e-book is a fully illustrated glossary of terms and characters, and a bibliography. Also the author defends the assumptions he has made in the preface and an afterthought.
Contents:
Preface
Prologue To The End
On The Bank Of The Tiber...
Cinna's Daughter
The Funeral Oration
The Meeting
The Times Change
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
At The House In The Subura
The Father In Law
The Tragedy
War!
The Monster
The Fall Of Rome
The Confrontation
Pompey Is Truly Great
The Flight
Chrysippus
Cummarus
The Trap
Escape
A Family Once More
The Second Confrontation
The Soldier's First Appearance
The King Of Bithynia
The Ships
The Battle For Lesbos
The Civic Crown Of Oak Leaves
Three Women
The Popular Revolt
First Public Steps
The Pirate Adventure
Rhodes And The War With Mithridates
The Carian Expedition
At The Enemy Camp
Little Julia
The Occupation Of Halicarnassus
Julia Escapes
A Trainer Of Horses
Mylasa
Plans
Rome
The Worst Of Times
Another Funeral
Paradise Lost
One More Funeral
The Beginning
APPENDICES
A Glossary Of Historical Terms And Characters
A Bibliography On Ancient Rome
Afterthought
Parent's Note: Suitability For Children and Teens
MAPS
Rome (showing the Subura)
The Eastern Roman Provinces and the Battle for Lesbos
Mityllene on the Island of Lesbos
Cities of Caria
ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispiece: Caius Julius Caesar
Roman and Bithynian ships engage the Pirate armada
(In the Glossary)
Amphora
As
Circus Maximus and Race
Corinthian Helmets
Corvus
Fasces
Scuta
Standards, Standard Bearer and Eagle
Elevation of Roman Townhouse in Subura
Plan of Roman Townhouse in Subura
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