{"id":2811,"date":"2013-01-01T10:28:40","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T15:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/gl\/?p=2811"},"modified":"2021-02-23T13:10:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T18:10:46","slug":"julius-ceasar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/2013\/01\/01\/julius-ceasar\/","title":{"rendered":"Julius Caesar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lecture Date: January 24, 2013<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Julius Caesar\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/59449437?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"638\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/umwwebmaster.wpengine.com\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2012\/11\/Caesar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright wp-image-47331\" src=\"http:\/\/umwwebmaster.wpengine.com\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2012\/11\/Caesar-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"Julius Caesar\" width=\"165\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2012\/11\/Caesar-193x300.jpg 193w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2012\/11\/Caesar.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a> More than two thousand years after his death, Julius Caesar is still one of the great figures of history. He is best known as the general who conquered the Gauls and overthrew the Roman Republic, but he was also a brilliant orator, accomplished writer, and skilled politician. Born into a noble but fallen family and raised in the slums of Rome, Caesar rose through the ranks of Roman politics to become absolute ruler of the greatest empire Europe had yet known. His relationships with the greatest figures of his day, such as Cicero, Cleopatra, and Mark Antony, reveal a man of unbridled ambition matched with a superb intellect and an intimate knowledge of human nature. The story of Caesar\u2019s rise and fall remains a tale of caution and inspiration even today.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #B81237;font-family: MuseoSlab;font-weight: 900\">Speaker: Philip Freeman<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47241\" style=\"width: 189px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umwwebmaster.wpengine.com\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2012\/11\/Philip-Freeman-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47241 \" src=\"http:\/\/umwwebmaster.wpengine.com\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2012\/11\/Philip-Freeman-pic-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"Philip Freeman\" width=\"189\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Freeman, Luther College, Author of Julius Caesar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Philip Freeman, an eminent classical scholar, earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Texas, followed by a PhD from Harvard. \u00a0He has taught at Boston University and Washington University in St. Louis, and currently teaches Classics at Luther College in Iowa. \u00a0He has been a visiting scholar at the Harvard Divinity School, the American Academy in Rome, and the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C.. \u00a0In addition, he has given talks on the ancient world at the Smithsonian Institution and interviews on National Public Radio. \u00a0Besides his biography of Caesar, he has written numerous articles and several books including a biography of St. Patrick and a study of the Druids. \u00a0In reviewing his Caesar biography, one reviewer called it \u201celegant, learned, and compulsively readable.\u201d \u00a0Another noted that the book \u201ctakes the reader through every dizzying thrill and spill\u201d of Caesar\u2019s career and does it all \u201cwith excitement, enlightenment\u2014and sheer narrative suspense.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lecture Date: January 24, 2013 &nbsp; More than two thousand years after his death, Julius Caesar is still one of the great figures of history. 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