{"product_id":"caesar-versus-pompey-determining-romes-greatest-general-statesman-nation-builder-hardcover","title":"Caesar Versus Pompey: Determining Rome's Greatest General, Statesman \u0026 Nation-Builder - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Dando-Collins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho was Rome's greatest general, statesman, and nation-builder: \u003cbr\u003eCaesar or Pompey?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew people have had as many words written about them down through\u003cbr\u003ethe centuries as Julius Caesar-the brilliant general who made Queen Cleopatra\u003cbr\u003eof Egypt his mistress. He has captured the imagination of playwrights, \u003cbr\u003ehistorians, soldiers, and emperors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLittle has been written about his ally, son-in-law, and eventual\u003cbr\u003eenemy Pompey the Great, who crashed onto the Roman scene as a victorious\u003cbr\u003etwenty-three-year-old general and who, at the height of his career, was arguably\u003cbr\u003emore famous, more popular, and more successful than Caesar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaesar Versus Pompey\u003c\/i\u003e tells the parallel life stories of\u003cbr\u003eJulius Caesar and Pompey the Great, as their lives and loves became intertwined and\u003cbr\u003einterdependent, as they grew from rivals to partners, then from joint rulers to\u003cbr\u003ewarring foes. One strove to preserve the Roman Republic, the other destroyed\u003cbr\u003eit.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Dando-Collins is the multi-award-winning author of forty-eight books, including biographies and nonfiction works on ancient Rome, Greece, and Persia, as well as American, British, French, and Australian history including World War I and World War II. These works focus on military history, with Stephen considered an authority on the legions of imperial Rome. He has also written several successful novels and children's novels. His books are widely published in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and they appear in translation in Spain, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, Albania, Russia, Korea, and Latin America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52632867668275,"sku":"9781684428960","price":43.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OjTk1WDVFC9781684428960.webp?v=1762214090","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/caesar-versus-pompey-determining-romes-greatest-general-statesman-nation-builder-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}