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Julius Caesar in Podcasts

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Julius Caesar, Roman dictator and statesman, associated with the Julian calendar.

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The Rest Is History
Julius Caesar, with Mary Beard

Actually, in Caesar's case, we have autobiography.

The Rest Is History
Julius Caesar, with Mary Beard

We have letters, we have speeches, and we have histories, commentaries by Caesar himself.

The Rest Is History
Julius Caesar, with Mary Beard

And another major contrast, which is very salient for how we're going to be talking about him today, is that we have far more contemporary sources for Julius Caesar, which is brilliant.

The Rest Is History
Julius Caesar, with Mary Beard

Julius Caesar is a citizen of a republic.

The Rest Is History
Julius Caesar, with Mary Beard

I mean, an obvious contrast between Caesar and Alexander.

The Rest Is History
Julius Caesar, with Mary Beard

And those comparisons that he opts for are really interesting, but one of the most obvious ones is he's got Alexander the Great for his Greek half and Julius Caesar for his second half.

The Rest Is History
Julius Caesar, with Mary Beard

I'm going to go and read Plutarch's life of Caesar.