Julius Caesar: Rome's Greatest Warlord

by Simon Elliott

Julius Caesar has been the inspiration to countless military commanders over the last two millennia. Born into an aristocratic family, his early military campaigns, part of his progression along the cursus honorium, included campaigning in the east, Spain and in the early Roman civil wars. His participation in the Gallic Wars is known mainly through the commentary on the wars that he wrote and published, along with his incursions into Britain. This concise history details his military life, and how it impacted with his political career, from his youth through the civil wars that resulted in his becoming the dictator of Rome, and his legacy.

Genres: History

160 pages, Hardcover

First published November 13, 2019

About the author

Si Elliott is a strategic marketing leader, agency co-owner and customer experience specialist with over 20 years of experience helping brands build deeper, more meaningful connections.

As co-owner of creative agency Diversity and founder of customer experience consultancy Fabricx, he combines behavioural science with practical strategy to design experiences that genuinely resonate. His work sits at the intersection of digital progress and human connection, and he is driven by a simple belief: when we truly understand how people think and focus on serving them better, we create stronger relationships, better businesses and greater outcomes for everyone.

An award-winning guest lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, the University of Nottingham and the Communication University of China, Si also serves on academic advisory boards, working closely with the next generation of marketers and psychologists.

His first book, Customer Experience Thinking, brings together two decades of marketing leadership with behavioural science to reveal what really drives trust, loyalty and decision-making. Through 8 practical customer experience principles and 34 key behavioural biases, it offers a clear framework for designing brand experiences that reduce friction, strengthen relationships and create genuine emotional connection.

He also hosts The Customer Experience Lab podcast, where he explores the behavioural thinking behind the brands, campaigns and moments that shape how we feel as customers.

Find him online:
Website: sielliott.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/si-elliott

Instagram: instagram.com/si.elliott

Reviews

[Andrea · Rating 1 out of 5]

Reads like a dissertation/thesis. Not for the layman who is interested in learning about Caesar’s life. Plenty of errors (punctuation and grammar) throughout.

[Robert Neil Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simon Elliott’s biography of Julius Caesar in Casemate’s Short History series focuses on the great Roman’s political and military life. He begins by tracing the evolution of Rome’s legions to the point when Caesar took command, raising some of own in the process. Elliott also describes the legionary life under Caesar. He then establishes the wider context of the Roman Republic as it rose into an empire before almost collapsing partly because of men like Caesar. After all that background, Elliott starts his biography, one-third of the way into his book. He follows Caesar’s rise to the Consulship, hitting the highlights of his career along the way. Caesar in Gaul forms a significant part of Elliott’s narrative, including his armed reconnaissance forays into Britain, and ending in the siege of Alesia. Civil war ensued against Caesar’s political rivals with Caesar emerging victorious only to meet his violent end at the hands of assassins. Elliott concludes with sections on Caesar’s legacy and his argument for why Caesar was Rome’s greatest warlord.
It is difficult to position Elliott’s biography of Caesar within the considerable canon of work on him. There is nothing new or startling in this account, nor is it particularly well or badly written. Reading this, I was reminded of the old-fashioned primers I read as a boy in the 1970s, so my evaluation of this is that it is a useful primer. If that is all you need then Elliott’s biography will work but look elsewhere, probably Adrian Goldsworthy’s Caesar, for more depth of analysis.

[Gonçalo Paradinha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interessante, mas com alguns erros ortográficos