The multifaceted and unusually interesting study of Philip Freeman offers the reader a completely new look at Julius Caesar - one of the greatest political figures and commanders in the history of mankind. Julius Caesar is a personality in which heroic features coexist with selfishness, the talent of a politician - with rare self-confidence and shortsightedness, and the gift of a magnificent writer and speaker with the ruthlessness of a ruler. The author dispels many legends surrounding the image of Caesar, skillfully separating fiction from reliable facts. And Caesar himself appears before the reader not only as an outstanding statesman, but also as a person capable of terrifying actions.