About the book: year / Ancient Rome. 1st century BC. A young man from an aristocratic family unsuccessfully participates in a civil war, supporting the losing side, and miraculously escapes death. He begins his career in a cruel time, but ensures that the gates of Rome open before him. Later his name will become a household name for all rulers of the future. After all, the words “king”, “Caesar”, “Kaiser” remind us that the young man’s name was Caesar. Julius Caesar takes his first steps along the road leading to the heights of glory. However, this path is thorny. It shows battles with pirates of the Mediterranean, the fight against the rebellious king Mithridates, and a clash with the slave rebels of Spartacus. But Caesar will win! It is not for nothing that he will become an example for all rulers of future times. Julius Caesar is rapidly making a political career. He is already about thirty years old. His battlefield is all of Europe. He will take part in suppressing a conspiracy that threatens the fate of Rome, and fierce battles in Gaul and Britain. He had just one step left to reach the pinnacle of power. And he will do it. He will cross the Rubicon! Julius Caesar, having crossed the Rubicon, reached the heights of glory. The gods of war patronize him. He defeats the formidable opponent Pompey the Great in a civil war. Forms an alliance with Cleopatra. He celebrates great triumphs in Rome, shows leniency towards the vanquished, and becomes dictator for life. The Senate grants him the titles "emperor" and "father of the fatherland." He came, he saw and he conquered. But the inexorable Fatum is already preparing a terrible end for him. And now Gaius Julius Caesar is dead. Orphaned Rome goes on a rampage, demanding the blood of murderers. And blood will be shed - on the streets of the Eternal City, in the quiet of estates and on the battlefields, where the Roman legions, who until recently served the Senate and the People together, will meet in a merciless battle. Who will take the power that has fallen from the hands of the murdered deity? Who will history call the triumphant, and who will receive only death and oblivion as a reward? In a series of powerful consuls, senators, and military leaders, it is difficult to notice the youngest of the contenders for power - a young man named Octavian. The one whom Caesar himself called his son. The one who is destined to bury the Republic and become the first Emperor of Rome