"Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator" Ignores the Rot in the Roman Republic, and Its Analogy to Contemporary Politics Is Flawed
Andonis Anthony as the Roman emperor Photograph: Laurence Cendrowicz/Laurence Cendrowicz/BBC Studios Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator is a the 3-episode series available on United States Public Broadcasting. The docudrama’s contemporary commentators portray Julius Caesar as an ambitious aspiring ruler who masks himself with populism to attract supporters. It portrays Cato as a principled…
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