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Caesar Versus Pompey

Determining Rome's Greatest General, Statesman & Nation-Builder

Stephen Dando-Collins author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Turner Publishing Company

Published:23rd May '24

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Who was Rome’s greatest general, statesman, and nation-builder: Caesar or Pompey?

Few people have had as many words written about them down through the centuries as Julius Caesar—the brilliant general who made Queen Cleopatra of Egypt his mistress. He has captured the imagination of playwrights, historians, soldiers, and emperors.

Little has been written about his ally, son-in-law, and eventual enemy Pompey the Great, who crashed onto the Roman scene as a victorious twenty-three-year-old general and who, at the height of his career, was arguably more famous, more popular, and more successful than Caesar.

Caesar Versus Pompey tells the parallel life stories of Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great, as their lives and loves became intertwined and interdependent, as they grew from rivals to partners, then from joint rulers to warring foes. One strove to preserve the Roman Republic, the other destroyed it.

“A triumph! At first blush, it might be easy to think this story has been told. But the story that’s told is incomplete. Too often, Pompey the Great stands in the shadows of Julius Caesar. In Caesar Versus Pompey, Stephen Dando-Collins invites Pompey to step out of the shadows and stand in the light, shoulder to shoulder with Caesar. The story of these two titans is dramatic, full of twists and turns, partnerships and betrayals. Without one, there is no other.

"By telling the story of Pompey and Caesar in the way that only he can, Dando-Collins fills in an important gap in the dramatic events that culminated in the collapse of the Roman Republic. Pompey and Caesar needed each other, and any student or fan of Roman history needs this important book.”

Phillip Barlag, author of Evil Roman Emperors, and host of The Greats of History podcast

ISBN: 9781684428960

Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 25mm

Weight: unknown

320 pages