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I just got this for Christmas and have only read the first chapter, but it's pretty good so far. Cato is such an interesting character, but we've mostly only seen his bad side in the Masters of Rome series. I'm looking forward to reading about his good side. He must have had one, because our Founding Fathers were quite taken with him, apparently.
An interesting fictional look at this period is Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw. Cleopatra is portrayed as way too silly, but it's a fun play. It's available online here -
http://www.classicreader.com/book/955/
And the movie with Claude Rains and Vivian Leigh is really good.
http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Caesar-a...
George Bernard Shaw
http://www.classicreader.com/book/955/
And the movie with Claude Rains and Vivian Leigh is really good.
http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Caesar-a...


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