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Plutarch · c. AD 46-after 119

Life of Caesar

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Plutarch's Life of Caesar, written as one book with the Life of Alexander, follows Caesar from his youth under Sulla through his rise at Rome, the Gallic wars and the civil war with Pompey to his dictatorship and his murder by a conspiracy around Brutus and Cassius. Plutarch gives the dreams and omens that came before the murder on the Ides of March. He ends with the aftermath, the avenging of Caesar and the fate of Brutus.

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Text
Greek original with English translation, 18 passages, about 23800 words in English.
Translator
Bernadotte Perrin (1919)
Edition
Bernadotte Perrin (ed. and trans.), Plutarch's Lives, vol. 7, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1919 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus)
Cite as
Plutarch, Life of Caesar 1.1 (by chapter, section)

Contents · 18 passages

  1. 1.1–3.2Caesar and Sulla, captured by pirates, and study at Rhodes808 words
  2. 4.1–8.4Caesar's rise in Rome: the images of Marius, pontifex maximus and the Catiline debate1987 words
  3. 9.1–10.7The Bona Dea scandal: Clodius in Caesar's house831 words
  4. 11.1–14.9Caesar in Spain, the alliance with Pompey and Crassus and his consulship1362 words
  5. 15.1–17.6Caesar as a general: his soldiers, his endurance and his epilepsy1208 words
  6. 18.1–23.4Caesar in Gaul: the Helvetii, Ariovistus, the Nervii, the Rhine bridge and Britain2176 words
  7. 24.1–27.5The Gallic revolt: Vergentorix and the siege of Alesia1314 words
  8. 28.1–31.2Caesar and Pompey drift into civil war1371 words
  9. 32.1–34.4Caesar crosses the Rubicon and Pompey leaves Rome1162 words
  10. 35.1–38.4Caesar seizes Italy and the treasury, takes Spain and crosses to Epirus1216 words
  11. 39.1–41.3Caesar at Dyrrhachium and Pompey goaded into battle1035 words
  12. 42.1–47.2The battle of Pharsalus1581 words
  13. 48.1–51.2Caesar in Egypt: Pompey's head, Cleopatra and the fire at Alexandria1165 words
  14. 52.1–56.4The African war at Thapsus, the death of Cato, the triumphs and the battle of Munda1554 words
  15. 57.1–59.3Caesar dictator for life: clemency, vast plans and the calendar reform1041 words
  16. 60.1–62.5Caesar and the diadem: the Lupercalia and the pressure on Brutus1151 words
  17. 63.1–67.4The Ides of March: the omens and the murder of Caesar1950 words
  18. 68.1–69.8Caesar's funeral, the comet and the evil genius of Brutus906 words

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English translation by Bernadotte Perrin (1919). Original text: Bernadotte Perrin (ed. and trans.), Plutarch's Lives, vol. 7, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1919 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus).

Greek text and translation from the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Perseus Digital Library); translation public domain. Introductions, summaries and notes © GreekMythology.com.