Who was the greatest general, statesman and builder of the Roman nation? Caesar or Pompey? Over the centuries, as many words have been written about few people as about Julius Caesar, the brilliant general who made Queen Cleopatra of Egypt his lover. He has captivated the imagination of playwrights, historians, soldiers and emperors. Little has been written about his ally, son-in-law and eventual enemy Pompey the Great, who burst onto the Roman scene as a victorious twenty-three-year-old general and who, at the height of his career, was arguably more famous, more popular and more successful than Caesar. Caesar vs. Pompey chronicles the parallel lives of Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great, as their lives and loves intertwined and became interdependent, as they went from rivals to partners, and then from joint rulers to belligerent enemies. One strove to preserve the Roman Republic, the other destroyed it.
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