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"Caesar: Life of a Colossus", 2008.
A book review of "Caesar: Life of a Colossus" by Adrian Goldsworthy.
924 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 32.95
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The paper examines "Caesar: Life of a Colossus", the biography of the greatest of Rome's generals. The paper describes how Goldsworthy provides a biography that is comprehensive on the many different facets of leadership and personality traits that Caesar had in his long and successful career as a general and a public servant. The paper relates that Goldsworthy provides primary and secondary sources as well as historically authentic documents written by Caesar. The paper concludes that although Goldsworthy might have delved deeper into the ethical aspects of Caesar's megalomania and ruthless actions, he still provides an important and scholarly account of the famous Roman general and emperor.
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"Caesar: Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy examines the life of one of the greatest of the Rome's generals and reveals a biography from his earliest years, to his final downfall as a dictator of Rome. The basis of Caesar's military and educational training are essential parts of the biography, which Goldsworthy covers from childhood and early adulthood to his adult life as a general. The story then revolves around Caesar's military conquests, which result in his latter life being centered on his leadership as an emperor and finally, a dictator that is eventually put to death."
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"Julius Caesar Plutarch's Lives" ( Plutarch ) & "The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars "( Suetonius ), 1999.
Compares two biographies of Julius Caesar, examining biases & aims of the authors.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, $ 71.95
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" Biography is an art rather than a science, and it is influenced by the attitudes of the historian writing the biography, the limits of his or her knowledge of the subject, the evidence that has been amassed, and often by political considerations which might shape how a figure is depicted. Different pictures of a figure can emerge from different biographies for these and other reasons. Two biographies of Julius Caesar from the classical era show different views of the Roman leader, that of Plutarch in his Lives and of Suetonius in The Lives of the Twelve Caesars.
In the Roman era, much of Greek literature and culture was either adopted or held up as an example even though the Romans had a different worldview in many ways. The gods of Greece were carried over into the Roman pantheon, though the names and some.."
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Caesar's Military Career, 2004.
An analysis of the contrasting accounts of Julius Caesar's military history in Plutarch's "Roman Lives" and Suetonius's "Lives of the Caesars".
1,977 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper examines how the purposes behind Plutarch's "Roman Lives" and Suetonius's "Lives of the Caesars" are extremely different; one seeks to provide moral instruction through history, and the other aims to present a historical account of the lives of the Roman emperors. The authors' portrayals of Caesar are very different, and this paper attempts to explain these inconsistencies while exploring Caesar's military career.
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"As with many historical figures known to posterity for their greatness, Caesar exists today as an intermingling of legend, truth, and hyperbole. Different accounts of Caesar often portray him very differently, as evidenced in his biographies by Plutarch and Suetonius. The Caesar of Plutarch is an extraordinarily gifted military leader, infallible in almost all aspects of military prowess and exemplifying impeccable moral guidance in his actions on the battlefield. Suetonius' Caesar, however, is a much more humanistic figure: his motivations are suspect and his momentous achievements in battle are tempered by less favorable accounts of treachery and deception."
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Caesar's "Conquest of Gaul", 2001.
This is an essay outlining Julius Caesar's imperial conquest of Gaul during the last century B.C. Special attention is paid to Caesar's military strategy and the motivational techniques that he used with his troops.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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This paper explains how, through analysis of Caesar's "The Conquest of Gaul", among other works, one may begin to put together an explanation as to why and how Julius Caesar was so successful in defeating his enemies in such a routine fashion. It shows that, although Caesar has been subject to many subsequent criticisms about the embellishments of his campaigns in his own work, and even his military abilities at the tactical level, his feats are simply too astounding and too well-documented and praised to go unnoticed.
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"Caesar?s campaigns in Gaul began in fifty-eight BC when the Helvetii, among other peoples, began a mass migration from their homes in Switzerland. Caesar declined their request to pass through Roman territory due to the fact that the Helvetii had killed Roman consul, Lucius Visutskie 2 Cassius, years previous. For this reason, Caesar viewed the Helvetii as a threat to the well-being of their allies, the Sequani and the Aedui, who had been loyal to Rome in the past, and whose territory the Helvetii wished to pass through.3 Since the Helvetii had burned their own towns and villages to the ground, Caesar viewed them as even more dangerous since they had nowhere to retreat to, thus, they would be more willing to face the consequences that resulted from any of their actions.4 Despite Caesar?s refusal for the Helvetii to travel through Roman territory, they marched anyway. Caesar reacted to this manoeuver posthaste. By the time Caesar?s army had reached the Helvetii army, they had already pillaged the towns and fields of the Aedui and the Sequani, and taken all of their children into slavery.5 This infuriated Caesar, he planned a careful attack on the Helvetii, determined to make them pay. Caesar first attacked a small portion of the Helvetii, whom had not yet crossed the Saone River with the rest of the army, and ravaged them, making somewhat of an example of them. Caesar caught up with the rest of the Helvetii tribe days later and damaged them more in a gruelling battle which ended with the retreat of a hundred and thirty thousand Helvetii soldiers. Caesar intelligently sent messages to other allied settlements where the Helvetii could surface, warning them not to provide the Helvetii with food or shelter as they would become the enemy of the Romans if they did. Due to lack of food and nutrition, the Helvetii surrendered within three days and were divided into several groups in accordance with Caesar?s wishes.6 Thus, the first campaign of Caesar?s conquest into Gaul was not really intended to be a victory for Caesar, and a step in expanding the Roman Empire, but more or less a gesture of assistance to a group who had remained loyal to Rome over many years(as understood by the writings of Caesar himself). Besides being successful in getting the Helvetii out of Rome, Caesar also was quite successful in removing Ariovistus from Roman territory."
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"Julius Caesar", 2002.
A paper which discusses the murder of Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar".
1,095 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, $ 38.95
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This essay studies William Shakespeare's play, "Julius Caesar". It approaches the antagonism of both Caesar and the conspirators and the motivations of the conspirators. The themes of political achievement and popular responsibility are also discussed.
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"Caesar was popular on the streets. His popularity was his source of power. Manipulation is a vice of politicians; on the converse side, influence is a political virtue. These are characteristics of Caesar. Because of his popularity, he can do anything he wants, as the Plebes rule Rome indirectly. This sets the stage for the political statement of the play. As there is an order set, this pure democracy of Rome is one of a kind. The people cast no votes as a whole, but only the elite. However, the approval of the Plebes is the primary concern of all politicians in Rome. This power of the people, however, is flexible in an uneducated society, as is most of Rome. Those who ran the politicians could easily be persuaded by those they ran (i.e. the politicians), who offered supremacy to Caesar."
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Julius Caesar (100-44 BC), 2006.
A review of the life and influence of Julius Caesar.
800 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper examines the rise to power of Julius Caesar. The paper begins with a discussion of Caesar's early leadership and his calculated moves toward military greatness. Next, the paper analyzes Caesar's role in crushing Pompey's army in Pharsalus. The paper concludes with the plot to assassin Caesar, as well as brief commentary on his historical legacy.
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"Gaius Julius Caesar was born in Rome on July 12, 100 BC, as a member of the Julian clan. It seemed as though Julius was almost born a radical. At a young age, his uncle by marriage, Gaius Marius, leader of the Populares, had ruled seven times as consul, or chief magistrate. It was in this seventh term that he appointed young Caesar to the position of flamen dialis, a position of archaic priesthood, but with no power. Thus, he was classified as one who agreed with his uncle's extremist ideas, and even further influenced this opinion when he broke off his first engagement with Cossutia, and married Cornelia, the daughter of Marius's associate, Cinna, in 84 BC."
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?The Colossus? by Sylvia Plath.
This paper analyzes "The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath," a collection of poetry by Sylvia Plath, who was a troubled, suicidal, creative artist whose work is thought-provoking, eerie, mysterious, and stimulating on a level few poets have achieve
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper explains that the overall theme of "The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath" seems to be rebellion by the author against the world, against her life; there are death and dying images throughout the book. The author points out that Plath has many believable voices in these poems, which is one of the strengths of the book; because of the depth of her intellect and her skill at manipulating imagery, readers are brought into her consciousness, and there is nothing to do but believe her. The paper relates that it doesn't appear that these poems all have relevance to each other, but they were written at about the same time, so, for the poet, there is a unifying theme, a window of time in her life.
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What Reaction Did I Have after Reading the Book?
Why Did I React That Way?
How Did I Feel about "The Colossus"?
Was There an Overall Theme to the Book of Poems?
What Kind of Voice Does the Poet have?
Was the Voice Believable?
What are Underlying Themes of the Book?
Are there Secondary Themes?
Were the Poems Unified by the Fact That They All Appeared in this Book?
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"Are there secondary themes? Some of the poems feature shadows and echoes, and mirrors - but it also seems a secondary theme is her father, and his memory and legacy in terms of her life and times. An interesting theme in "Frog Autumn" is the passing of summer into fall, with the advent of "scant, skinny" insects and even the spider "drops" from the effect of the frost. This poem could be a metaphor for getting old, "thin Lamentably." And "The Burnt-Out Spa" is laden with insects again, crickets this time, and the "little weeds" are "soft suede tongues between his bones." In "I Want, I Want," the "wasp, wolf and shark" (all potentially dangerous to humans) are set to work, and there are barbs on the "crown of the gilded wire.""
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Julius Caesar, 2006.
A review of the life of Julius Caesar.
1,757 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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A discussion regarding one of the most influential and powerful men in Roman history, Julius Caesar. The paper reports how Caesar played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. According to the paper, Caesar was widely considered to be one of the foremost military geniuses of his time and a brilliant politician.
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"At the time of Caesar's birth, Carus Marius was the leading man in Rome, having saved the Roman Republic several years before by defeating two German tribes, the Teutones and the Cimbri. Caesar was related to Marius through the marriage of Marius and a sister of Caesar's father. When Caesar was very young, Marius had lost much of his earlier popularity, and eventually left Rome to travel in Greece and Asia Minor, hoping for some new command (Jiminez, 2000). However, still had some influence, and in 92 BC Caesar's father was elected as praetor, or a magistrate whose most important function was the administration of justice. In 84 BC Caesar's father died suddenly, and at sixteen years old, Caesar was the head of the family. Between 81 BC and 79 BC, Caesar served in Asia Minor on the personal staff of Marcus Minucius Thermus, who was praetor in Asia Minor. Mithridates of Pontus attacked Asia Minor a second time, while Caesar was serving there, and entirely on his own, Caesar raised a small army and defended some towns, giving the Roman commander time to organize an army and attack Mithridates in Pontus. Caesar returned to Rome in 73 BC, as a war hero, and thus began his career as a general and politician. "
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Julius Caesar, 1990.
This paper is a historical overview of Julius Caesar's life focusing on the character of Caesar, his relationship to his army and political intrigues in Rome.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, $ 55.95
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"Shakespeare called Julius Caesar's assassin, Marcus Brutus, the "noblest Roman of them all," but there is no doubt that Julius Caesar himself is the most renowned Roman of them all probably the only Roman, apart perhaps from Pontius Pilate, whom the man in the street could identify. Caesar established no enduring political regime, but in popular memory he has overshadowed his nephew and (posthumously) adopted son Octavian, or Augustus, who was the actual founder of the Roman Empire. His very name has become the word for "emperor" in several languages (e.g., Kaiser; Czar). The following pages examine Caesar's public character and his role as military leader and politician in the last days of the Roman republic.
Gaius Iulius Caesar, to give him his proper Roman name, was born into an aristocratic Roman family in the turbulent later ... "
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Julius Caesar and Augustus, 2007.
An analysis of why Augustus was able to found a stable and enduring
monarchy while Julius Caesar failed.
1,416 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper discusses how, although both Julius Caesar and Augustus improvised political strategies to support their respective dominance of the Roman world, Augustus was successful while Julius Caesar was not due to the respect that Augustus paid to the formalities and conventions of Roman political life. The paper looks at how Julius Caesar relied on the overt exercise of power and relegated the senate to a marginal position in the state and how, in comparison, Augustus employed power in covert ways and understood that he could retain absolute power as long as he paid "lip service" to republican values.
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"The office of "dictator" in the Roman Republic was a position that granted its holder extraordinary powers. It was thus rarely granted by the state, and usually in times of emergency when a unified command was critical to the survival of Rome. However, given the echoes of absolute royal power in this office, Romans carefully limited the powers of the office to six months or the duration of the emergency; whichever was shorter (BGT 26-27). Julius Caesar, in his calculated political improvisation in a time of Civil War, relied heavily upon repeated grants of the dictatorship to give a veneer of legitimacy and legal authority to his supreme military and political power. In February 44, Caesar finally decided to assume the dictatorship for life as a matter of convenience (BGT 160)."
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Moby Dick and Julius Caesar, 2008.
A discussion on the main players in "Moby Dick" by Herman Mellville and "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare.
874 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper compares the similarities of two literary characters. More specifically, the paper compares and contrasts the character of Ahab from Herman Mellville's "Moby Dick" with the character of Julius Caesar from Shakespeare's famous story of the same name. The paper concludes that like "Moby Dick", "Julius Caesar" is a historical incident which Shakespeare puts meaning into in retrospect, imbuing the characters with traits which we admire or hate and placing around them others who seemingly act only in accordance with fate.
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Ways in which Ahab and Julius are similar
Ways in which Ahab and Julius Caesar are different
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"Caesar is hard to like. Ahab is also hard to like, but he appears more sympathetic as he is so dogged in his quest of the white whale. Ahab is shown to be a brooding and dark character that we sometimes see in literature, ambiguously evil, yet we sympathize with his madness. He sacrifices everything, including his life and his crew to capture Moby Dick, whom he has sought for so long: "Now it was that there lurked a something in the old man's eyes, which it was hardly sufferable for feeble souls to see. As the unsetting polar star, which through the livelong, arctic, six months' night sustains its piercing, steady, central gaze; so Ahab's purpose now fixedly gleamed down upon the constant midnight of the gloomy crew." (Melville, Chapter 130).
"The book Moby Dick is about a quest and a challenge to the universe in which Ahab lives. He will fight it to the death because he believes he can conquer it. He does not know that no matter how big he may be, it is bigger than he, but he will die in the attempt. "He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it." (Melville, Chapter 135). Like Moby Dick, Julius Caesar is a historical incident which Shakespeare puts meaning into in retrospect, imbuing the characters with traits which we admire or hate and placing around them others who seemingly act only in accordance with fate."
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Julius Caesar, 2005.
This paper examines Julius Caesar's life and his demand for power.
1,465 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper explains that to have absolute control or power over another human being, or, in the case of Julius Caesar, an entire nation, is an awesome responsibility. If the person in authority is convinced that their way is the only way, it can only produce negative results. The author points out that Julius Caesar is known in Roman history as the first dictator who was declared Dictator for Life with no limit on how long he could remain a ruler and retain his ultimate power over the people. The paper relates that, prior to his assassination, Caesar faced steadily growing opposition from the senators of Rome, who believed that he would put an end to the Republic and that he was a threat to all Roman traditions. However, the assassination only led to the renewal of civil wars and ultimately the Roman Republic was finally destroyed.
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"Caesar lived his live by the motto, that he himself said "I came, I saw, I conquered!". These words expressed his incredible strong will and compelling attitude. He was also known as being very courageous and quick-witted. More than anything else this motto declared his definite need to control and conquer all he came into contact with. Caesar had ambitious plans for changing Rome and proposed to make a digest of the whole Roman law to found libraries, to drain the Pontine Marshes, to enlarge the harbor at Ostia, to dig a can throughout Isthmus, and to launch a war against the Dacians in Europe and the Parthiians in the East."
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?Julius Caesar? and Elizabethan England, 2002.
A discussion of William Shakespeare's ?Julius Caesar? and life in Elizabethan England.
1,855 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper reviews William Shakespeare's play ?Julius Caesar? and examines how it was accepted and performed at the time in Elizabethan England. It provides a history of the Globe theatre where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed beginning with "Julius Caesar" and examines life in the theatre district of London at the time. It attempts to analyze why the play was so popular when it first came out and why a subject such as tyrannicide was presentable in a country governed by a monarch. It looks at how it contained all of the political and social intrigues necessary to make it a timeless classic and all the puerile blood and gore that was needed to entertain a group of theater-hopping commoners in what was considered London?s seediest neighborhood.
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"The play was written and performed in 1599 at the Globe theater in Southwark, London. Southwark is located on the south bank of the Thames river, and was traditionally considered the vice district. This section of London was home to 10% of its population, and more than its share of the city?s beggars. In 1594 the Lord Mayor, Sir John Spencer, asserted that parts of Southwark were "very nurseries and breeding-places of the begging poor" who swarmed the streets of the City. He estimated the number of these beggars at 12,000, and requested a meeting of several local magistrates in an attempt to banish them from the City or prevent them from crossing the Bridge."
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Shakespeare?s ?The Merchant of Venice? and ?Julius Caesar?, 2002.
This paper compares Shakespeare?s view of women and of masculine activity in two of his plays, "The Merchant of Venice" and "Julius Caesar".
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This paper states that, in these Shakespeare?s plays, women are equal to men and are not excluded when it comes to love and Christianity, but they are lesser than men and are excluded when it comes to politics and power. The author explains that ?The Merchant of Venice? women are portrayed as being equal to men and as having as much power as men; but, in ?Julius Caesar?, women are portrayed as being lesser than men and as having little power. The paper concludes that, in ?The Merchant of Venice?, masculine activity is limited and does not exist to isolate women; but, in ?Julius Caesar", masculine activity is large and exists to exclude women.
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"This difference in subject and theme explains why Shakespeare offers two very different views in the two plays. These different views do not represent that Shakespeare has a view of women that is really any different in either play. Instead, it represents that Shakespeare regards women differently depending on the subject and theme to which he is applying his ideas. The differences in the play in regards to women and the sphere of masculine activity will now be described by illustrating the differences and relating them to the themes and subjects of the plays."
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Caesar: Radical or Reformist?, 2003.
A discussion of the reforms implemented by Julius Caesar into the Roman Empire and the effects these had on society.
1,668 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper examines how, as the most important power for over 1000 years, the Romans brought stability, prosperity and order to the civilized West. In addition it shows how Julius Caesar, in particular, stimulated the transition of the Roman Republic. It analyzes how Caesar's measures on taxation and citizenship and many of his policies were set out protect the ordinary people against the self-interested nobles and how his government, with minor changes, continued for centuries.
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"The Roman Republic had been led to un-thought of prosperity by the Senate and Assembly and was believed in by many senators, however corrupt. But managing and controlling the Empire was getting tougher for this small group of men as other groups wanted a larger share of the success; yet those who had tried had failed. As the desire within the nobles to protect their investments was increasing, and with too much traditionalism, complete breakdown of law and order was predicted; and so the stage was therefore set for a Roman of ambition; aggression and energy who could, through pure strength and personality, seize control (see Appendix One for the Timeline of the End of the Republic). Caesar was to be that Roman."
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