Caesar

The man, the crisis, the reformer, and the symbol of the Republic’s final breach.

Topic Hub

The Caesar hub gathers the main Livarva material connected with Gaius Julius Caesar: his Atlas entry, the book The First Breach, ancient source pages, essays, and notes. It is designed as a central route for readers who arrive with the most famous name of the late Republic and wish to explore the wider world that made him possible.

Overview

The Caesar hub gathers the main Livarva material connected with Gaius Julius Caesar: his Atlas entry, the book The First Breach, ancient source pages, essays, and notes. It is designed as a central route for readers who arrive with the most famous name of the late Republic and wish to explore the wider world that made him possible.

Atlas Entries

Gaius Julius Caesar

The central figure in Rome’s final crisis.

Crossing of the Rubicon

The visible breach in a Republic already wounded by generations of conflict.

Battle of Pharsalus

The decisive battle between Caesar and Pompey.

Dignitas

The Roman concept of honour and standing at the heart of Caesar’s conflict.

In the Library

The First Breach

The Caesar volume of the trilogy.

Source Library

Julius Caesar

Caesar as source and subject.

Cicero

The orator and witness to Caesar’s age.

Plutarch

Biographer of Caesar, Pompey, Cato and Sulla.

Suetonius

Anecdote, memory and imperial biography.

Journal

Was Caesar Planning a Monarchy?

The fear of kingship and the evidence.

On Dignitas

A short note on Caesar’s political honour.

Clementia and Calculation

Caesar’s mercy after civil war.