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A Companion to Julius Caesar

edited by Miriam Griffin

This volume represents something of a departure for the Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World which have all previously taken broad chronological periods as their subject, in stark contrast to this study of just one man. Caesar, of course was no ordinary man however, and this is no straightfoward historical or biographical study, instead taking a similar approach to the other companions by offering a wide spectrum of different approaches and themes in Caesar's life works and legacy. After an initial narrative survey, contributors pick out key aspects of Caesar's career, including as general, pontifex maximus, intellectual, friend, associate, husband and man, as well as each of his literary works. Over half of the book is dedicated to reception, in his own time, in the later ancient world, and beyond down to the twentieth century. There are some fascinating angles in this latter half, including Timothy Barnes on Caesar in Late Antiquity, and Luciano Canfora on Caesar for communists and fascists, but its hard to see who would find every essay useful. 512p b/w illus (Blackwell 2009)

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