Jacob Abbott follows Caesar from the bloody rivalry of Marius and Sylla and his capture by pirates as a young man to his consulship, the conquest of Gaul and the fateful crossing of the Rubicon. Pompey’s defeat at Pharsalia, his flight and death, and Caesar’s adventures in Egypt lead on to the dictator’s final years in Rome.
A clear, moralising narrative from the Victorian Makers of History series, well suited to young readers and homeschool study. Download the free EPUB.