Download or read book Julius Caesar s Disease written by Francesco M. Galassi and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVIn this groundbreaking study, two medical historians present a provocative new diagnosis of the ailment that famously afflicted Julius Caesar. It is generally accepted as a historical fact that Julius Caesar suffered from epilepsy, an illness which in classical times was sometimes associated with divinely bestowed genius. The ancient sources describe several episodes when, sometimes at critical junctures, one of the most accomplished military commanders in history was incapacitated by a condition referred to as morbus comitialis. But does the evidence of his illness really suggest a diagnosis of epilepsy? And if it was not epilepsy that afflicted Caesar, what was it? These are the questions that doctors Francesco M. Galassi and Hutan Ashrafian seek to answer by applying modern medical knowledge to the symptoms and circumstances described by primary source documents—including statements made by Caesar himself. The result is a fascinating piece of historical-pathological detective work that challenges received wisdom about one of the most famous men of all time.“/DIV>

Download or read book Julius Caesar and the Falling Sickness written by Terence Cawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Julius Caesar s Disease written by Francesco Maria Galassi and published by Pen & Sword History. This book was released on 2016 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is generally accepted as a historical fact that Julius Caesar suffered from epilepsy, an illness which in classical times was sometimes associated with divinely bestowed genius. The ancient sources describe several episodes when, sometimes at critical junctures, one of the most famous military commanders in history was incapacitated by his illness referred to as morbus comitialis. But does the evidence really fit with the diagnosis of epilepsy? And if it was not epilepsy that afflicted Caesar, then what was it? These are the questions that doctors Galassi and Ashrafian seek to answer by applying modern medical knowledge to the symptoms and circumstances described by contemporary historians and commentators of Caesar's life (which include the great man himself). The result is a fascinating piece of historical-pathological detective work that challenges received wisdom about one of the most famous men of all time.

Download or read book The House of Caesar and the Imperial Disease written by Seymour Van Santvoord and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sick Caesars written by Michael Grant and published by Barnes & Noble Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Discover the fascinating history of the Roman emperors who were afflicted with physical and psychological ailments -- and the likely impact that these illnesses had upon their reigns. Included: Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Domitian, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, Caracalla, Diocletian, Constantine."--Amazon.com.

Download or read book Some Problems in Roman History written by Ernest George Hardy and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Lives of the Caesars Caius Caligula Easy written by C Suetonius Tranquillus and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gem of the biographical genre, this captivating book contains the life accounts of twelve Roman emperors, including Julius Caesar. Suetonius not only presents the emperors as formidable rulers but also throws light on their personal lives. His talent as a biographer is at its zenith as he takes us back in time with his eloquent narrative and vibrant descriptions. Magnificent!

Download or read book History of Julius Caesar written by Jacob Abbott and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-23 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Excerpt: ...n his new position, and was completely master of Rome, and the city had begun to recover a little from the shock and consternation produced by his executions, he fell sick. He was attacked with an acute disease of great violence. The attack was perhaps produced, and was certainly aggravated by, the great mental excitements through which he had passed during his exile, and in the entire change of fortune which had attended his return. From being a wretched fugitive, hiding for his life among gloomy and desolate ruins, he found himself suddenly transferred to the mastery of the world. His mind was excited, too, in respect to Sylla, whom he had not yet reached or subdued, but who was still prosecuting his war against Mithridates. Marius had had him pronounced by the Senate an enemy to his country, and was meditating plans to reach him in his distant province, considering his triumph incomplete as long as his great rival was at liberty and alive. The sickness cut short these plans, but it only inflamed to double....

Download or read book The House of Caesar and the Imperial Disease Classic Reprint written by Van Santvoord and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The House of Caesar and the Imperial Disease Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto. Terence. I am human; nothing that is human can I regard as alien to me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The House of Caesar and the Imperial Disease written by Seymour Van Santvoord and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare and published by Castrovilli Giuseppe. This book was released on 1957 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Problem Plays of Shakespeare written by Ernest Schanzer and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The opening chapter traces the history of the term 'problem plays' as applied to Shakespeare and defines it more clearly and precisely than has been done in the past. Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra are then discussed in separate chapters, not only as problem plays but from various points of view: such matters as themes, structural pattern, character-problems, the play's relation to its sources as well as to other plays in the canon, are all touched upon.

Download or read book The Assassination of Julius Caesar written by Michael Parenti and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did a group of Roman senators gather near Pompey's theater on March 15, 44 B.C., to kill Julius Caesar? Was it their fear of Caesar's tyrannical power? Or were these aristocratic senators worried that Caesar's land reforms and leanings toward democracy would upset their own control over the Roman Republic? Parenti (History as Mystery, etc.) narrates a provocative history of the late republic in Rome (100-33 B.C.) to demonstrate that Caesar's death was the culmination of growing class conflict, economic disparity and political corruption. He reconstructs the history of these crucial years from the perspective of the Roman people, the masses of slaves, plebs and poor farmers who possessed no political power. Roughly 99% of the state's wealth was controlled by 1% of the population, according to Parenti. By the 60s B.C., the poor populace had begun to find spokesmen among such leaders as the tribunes Tiberius Gracchus and his younger brother, Gaius. Although the Gracchi attempted to introduce various reforms, they were eventually murdered, and the reform movements withered. Julius Caesar, says Parenti, took up where they left off, introducing laws to improve the condition of the poor, redistributing land and reducing unemployment. As Parenti points out, such efforts threatened the landed aristocracy's power in the Senate and resulted in Caesar's assassination. Parenti's method of telling history from the ''bottom up'' will be controversial, but he recreates the struggles of the late republic with such scintillating storytelling and deeply examined historical insight that his book provides an important alternative to the usual views of Caesar and the Roman Empire.

Download or read book The Fate of Rome written by Kyle Harper and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient world Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases played in the collapse of Rome’s power—a story of nature’s triumph over human ambition. Interweaving a grand historical narrative with cutting-edge climate science and genetic discoveries, Kyle Harper traces how the fate of Rome was decided not just by emperors, soldiers, and barbarians but also by volcanic eruptions, solar cycles, climate instability, and devastating viruses and bacteria. He takes readers from Rome’s pinnacle in the second century, when the empire seemed an invincible superpower, to its unraveling by the seventh century, when Rome was politically fragmented and materially depleted. Harper describes how the Romans were resilient in the face of enormous environmental stress, until the besieged empire could no longer withstand the combined challenges of a “little ice age” and recurrent outbreaks of bubonic plague. A poignant reflection on humanity’s intimate relationship with the environment, The Fate of Rome provides a sweeping account of how one of history’s greatest civilizations encountered and endured, yet ultimately succumbed to the cumulative burden of nature’s violence. The example of Rome is a timely reminder that climate change and germ evolution have shaped the world we inhabit—in ways that are surprising and profound.

Download or read book The Caesars written by Thomas De Quincey and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Caesars" by Thomas De Quincey is a historical and psychological essay that delves into the lives of the Roman emperors, inspecting their characters and the impact of energy on their personalities. De Quincey's paintings provides a unique angle at the Roman Empire, exploring the psychological complexities of its rulers. The essay unfolds as a chain of vivid character sketches, with De Quincey employing his eloquent prose to dissect the psyches of numerous emperors, together with Julius Caesar, Augustus, and Nero. De Quincey intertwines historical statistics with speculative analyses, supplying readers a compelling mixture of authentic information and ingenious interpretation. Throughout "The Caesars," De Quincey explores the effects of absolute strength on the human thoughts, scrutinizing the ethical and mental variations gone through with the aid of those historical figures. His narrative style, characterized by using a rich and nuanced language, engages readers in a notion-scary exploration of the dynamics between power, ambition, and the human psyche. As an influential essayist and literary critic of the 19th century, Thomas De Quincey brings his intellectual prowess to bear on the look at of records in "The Caesars," providing readers with a fascinating and insightful journey into the minds of a number of the maximum effective figures in historic Rome.