The name of the Roman politician, military leader, writer and reformer Guy Julius Caesar - the transformer of the Roman state from a comprehensive, deepest crisis of the oligarchic city-state to a worldwide (within the ancient Mediterranean) monarchy forever entered the history of human society. Wolfgang Akunov's new book about this outstanding man who changed the face of the world in which he lived and about his era highlights many aspects of his life path, almost or completely unknown to the general masses of readers. The main support of Caesar on his way to the heights of power and success was the Roman estate of "horsemen" - "ordo equester," rethought in the Middle Ages as a "knightly order," or "knightly estate," the most prominent representatives of which are rightfully considered Knights Templar - poor associates of the Order of Christ and the Temple.