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Caesar: Escapades in Rome
Destiny is a journey, not a finish-line. A warrior designs his destiny with each step along his path.
I have fought pirates on the choppy waters of the Mediterranean Sea. I have wept beside the statue of Alexander, in Hispania. I have risen from defeat at the hands of Pompey, who was once my friend.
On the muddy banks of the Rubicon, I have made a difficult decision for a unique problem—just like you might be facing today.
But guess what? You don’t need a herculean physique to fight the battles of life. And you don’t need a famous father or mountains of sestertii. Just like I didn’t need them in ancient times to blaze a trail for Roman emperors, you don’t need them, even today.
All you need is grit—never letting self-doubt crush your spirit, even in the face of overwhelming odds.
Journey with me as we battle foes on land, on sea—and in life, at times victorious, at others crying in frustration, but always gaining clarity about our destiny, and striving towards it. Along this road, feel free to pick up skills that made me who I am.
Caesar: Escapades in Rome is a historical adventure book whose stories were whispered into the ears of a 21st century scribe—whose name escapes me—by my loyal, though occasionally stubborn scribe, A. Didius Silo.
The scribes have begged me to say that you may consider this book as historical fiction, historical thriller, or historical short reads. The classification sounds strange to me.
This is not a book about Roman history; instead, it is a chronicle of my non-stop adventures through Ancient Rome.
I have fought pirates on the choppy waters of the Mediterranean Sea. I have wept beside the statue of Alexander, in Hispania. I have risen from defeat at the hands of Pompey, who was once my friend.
On the muddy banks of the Rubicon, I have made a difficult decision for a unique problem—just like you might be facing today.
But guess what? You don’t need a herculean physique to fight the battles of life. And you don’t need a famous father or mountains of sestertii. Just like I didn’t need them in ancient times to blaze a trail for Roman emperors, you don’t need them, even today.
All you need is grit—never letting self-doubt crush your spirit, even in the face of overwhelming odds.
Journey with me as we battle foes on land, on sea—and in life, at times victorious, at others crying in frustration, but always gaining clarity about our destiny, and striving towards it. Along this road, feel free to pick up skills that made me who I am.
Caesar: Escapades in Rome is a historical adventure book whose stories were whispered into the ears of a 21st century scribe—whose name escapes me—by my loyal, though occasionally stubborn scribe, A. Didius Silo.
The scribes have begged me to say that you may consider this book as historical fiction, historical thriller, or historical short reads. The classification sounds strange to me.
This is not a book about Roman history; instead, it is a chronicle of my non-stop adventures through Ancient Rome.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
83 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 25, 2016
12 people are currently reading
40 people want to read
About the author
A. David Singh
4 books10 followersA neurosurgeon by profession, A. David Singh operated on brains invaded by tumors, aneurysms, and other vile maladies. Funnily, after turning a couple (or more) gray hair, a rather strange affliction invaded his own brain.
Characters from a parallel universe besieged his brain cells and refused to leave, unless David transcribed their lives on paper. At first, he resisted the assault on his cerebral faculties, but these denizens of the Magical Rome Universe kept prodding his gray cells with their antics, forcing him to write their story.
You can enter the Magical Rome Universe through the novel Dead Boy’s Game and The Broken Vow.
Villius, Calpurnia, Julius, Aelius, Gellia, Julia, Fufius Cita, the Heretic Historian, the Barren Midwife, and the Banished Druid welcome you into their magnificent and dangerous world.
For more Magic, Adventure and Danger, please visit MagicalRome.com
Characters from a parallel universe besieged his brain cells and refused to leave, unless David transcribed their lives on paper. At first, he resisted the assault on his cerebral faculties, but these denizens of the Magical Rome Universe kept prodding his gray cells with their antics, forcing him to write their story.
You can enter the Magical Rome Universe through the novel Dead Boy’s Game and The Broken Vow.
Villius, Calpurnia, Julius, Aelius, Gellia, Julia, Fufius Cita, the Heretic Historian, the Barren Midwife, and the Banished Druid welcome you into their magnificent and dangerous world.
For more Magic, Adventure and Danger, please visit MagicalRome.com
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February 11, 2017
A. David Singh’s Caesar: Escapades in Rome, is a collection of ten short stories about a boy born in July 100 BC, in a small town on the banks of river Tiber whose inhabitants are described as having two attribute: their love for their town and their love for war. The town was Rome, and the boy’s name was Gaius Julius Caesar.
Among the numerous evocative scenes in the stories and perhaps the most memorable one, is that of Julius Caesar, slumped to the ground, clutching the leg of Alexander’s statue. Caesar weeps upon learning that Alexander had ‘conquered the world, from Greece to India, when he was but thirty’ and believes the statue’s steely gaze mocks Caesar’s paltry accomplishment as a ‘glorified book-keeper’. About a decade later, a determined Caesar would capture Gaul and go on to become the dictator of Rome. Had Caesar succumbed to that moment of insecurity, by Alexander’s statue, history would have indeed been written differently.
The stories will take you on a thrilling journey with Caesar, both within Rome and in the far off lands he conquered. The tales are sprinkled with humor as well as internet links that will whisk you away to the era before Christ. An exhilarating and informative read. Highly recommended.
Among the numerous evocative scenes in the stories and perhaps the most memorable one, is that of Julius Caesar, slumped to the ground, clutching the leg of Alexander’s statue. Caesar weeps upon learning that Alexander had ‘conquered the world, from Greece to India, when he was but thirty’ and believes the statue’s steely gaze mocks Caesar’s paltry accomplishment as a ‘glorified book-keeper’. About a decade later, a determined Caesar would capture Gaul and go on to become the dictator of Rome. Had Caesar succumbed to that moment of insecurity, by Alexander’s statue, history would have indeed been written differently.
The stories will take you on a thrilling journey with Caesar, both within Rome and in the far off lands he conquered. The tales are sprinkled with humor as well as internet links that will whisk you away to the era before Christ. An exhilarating and informative read. Highly recommended.
September 13, 2016
This book is an easy read and the authors writing style would make it a good book if it weren't for problems with the narrative. The book tells parts of Julius Caesar's life as if they were short stories. The stories are presented chronologically but are not connected and a lot of important details of Caesar's life are missing. Additionally, the stories portrayed start and end in places that eother require the reader to "catch up" with the narrator or feeling the story is left unfisnished. However, my biggest problem with the book is that each story is followed by a "moral" as if these stories were coming out of Aesop's Fables rather than History. The morals also come off as a little condescending and are not necessary to the narrative.
June 1, 2016
Caesar
Wasn't my expectation. I was expecting more combat and was disappointed because I felt it was more of a summary of Caeser and not an actual story. I would've enjoyed it better if it had more detailed listing of his adventures.
Wasn't my expectation. I was expecting more combat and was disappointed because I felt it was more of a summary of Caeser and not an actual story. I would've enjoyed it better if it had more detailed listing of his adventures.
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