Rome, the cursed city. Julius Caesar rises to power

“Rome, the cursed city,” the second part of the grand biography of Julius Caesar, will begin with his exile and end with the Gallic invasion. Between these events, two decades of tumultuous life will unfold, filled with political, military, and personal maneuvers and intrigues. Caesar will be captured by pirates (and regain his freedom), visit Rhodes (and learn true oratory), return to his homeland (and take part in suppressing the Spartacus uprising), enter the Senate, witness the conspiracy of Catiline, form a triumvirate that will allow him to rise, subdue the Lusitanians, gain friends, patrons, and new enemies. Meanwhile, Pompey, his ally and then mortal enemy, will cunningly defeat Sertorius in Spain, crush the pirates, and then, dreaming of becoming like Alexander the Great, head East and triumphantly return to Rome. And somewhere in Egypt, Cleopatra will be born and grow up, but for now, no one pays attention to this... Santiago Posteguillo, a meticulous researcher and energetic storyteller, author of bestsellers with a total circulation of over 4.5 million copies, continues his colossal project. The second book of the series is an adventurous saga, a political thriller, and a battle panorama. Here Julius Caesar will achieve power and learn what its true cost is when Rome — the cursed Rome, which does not negotiate and spares no one — will demand that one thing that Caesar cannot sacrifice... For the first time in Russian!