The Last Assassin
The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar

This book is a great idea for a popular history book. Most accounts of the Roman civil wars end with Caesar’s assassination or rush ahead to the fall of Antony and Cleopatra. Certainly their focus is always on either Caesar at war, Octavian in Italy, or Antony in the East – the three big names. Thos......more

Brilliant premise taking the last man standing of the 19 known or listed assassins of Julius Caesar Cassius Parmensis -- not the lean and hungry one but another just as there were two Brutus's the Et Tu Marcus and the accomplished general Decimus who dined with JC the night before the assassination......more

Between Sulla and Tiberius stretches perhaps one of the most fascinating periods in world history. A time when so many brilliant minds, so much atrocity, and an absolute lack of morals defined an epoch where everything was possible: even the break up of the yet to be borne Empire. In this time of bri......more

This is the story of the killing of Julius Caesar and it’s aftermath. As Caesar put the Roman republic to death , his downfall was being plotted by men with the mixture that is so common in politics of sour grapes and genuine concern . The intellectual heartbeat was the Epicurean philosophy which, a......more

Las secuelas del asesinato del único César opacan el periodo intermedio entre su muerte y la llegada de Octavio al poder. Narrado desde la perspectiva de Casio de Parma, aunque los autores intentan darle un tono poético, el estilo abrumador y dramático, repleto de lamentos y contrafactuales, resulta......more