Who Was Julius Caesar? Paperback – Illustrated, October 30, 2014

I always buy such series related to best-selling New York. They are easy to understand, historical and my favorites for kids!

I purchased this book to supplement our homeschool curriculum's world history coverage of Ancient Rome. This book was very informative yet was still able to keep our 8yo's interest.

The book was good. It talked about how he was born to a patrician family but they lived with the plebeians. Then when he was younger he became a priest at Jupiter's temple and he married the mans daughter. Then he became more and more famous by time. Then when he won the election and became a ruler over Rome. Then he started to conquer more of Europe and later to go down to Egypt to marry Cleopatra and to drown her brother in a war. The. When he went back he was warned by his wife and a fortune teller that the would die in the ides of march. He ignored it and when he got there he was stabbed 22 times. And Octavian took on the throne.

The book was good despite the big hole of any mention of Marc Anthony, which was a critical figure in Julius Caesar's army and life. Marc Anthony was Caesar's very important general. MArc Anthony even helped with the success of the Battle of Alesia / conquering Gaul and foe Vercingetorix. This battle mentioned in the book, yet no mention of Anthony!! The book was entertaining for my son and when he asked why no Marc I just told him I had NO idea... Marc in the book would have completed it more. Oh well. This book series usually has good books..a few we don't like but..but most are entertaining enough to add on a history subject or time period my son is studying.

My fifth grader did a report on Julius Caesar and this was an easy read with lots of information.

Easy to read and full of fun facts. My 9 year old loved it. Julius Caesar was a fierce leader!

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This is the best book series for young readers

Although today, many of the actions Caesar took would be considered immoral, the fact that he was born poor and fought his way up the Roman ladder has inspired many people, from war generals, to tacticians and businesspeople.The author in this book does it in an excellent way, telling it in the form of story, similarly to the rags to riches archetype.

Me encantan esta serie de libros. Muy buen contenido. Excelente para tareas de niños.

Certamente sarò solo l'ultima di milioni di persone che usano e conoscono questi librini, ma devo dire che anche io adoro questa serie. leggerli ai miei figli o per preparare qualche gita su luoghi di interesse (Colosseo, Partenone...) o per preparare qualche ricerca è sempre una chiave vincente. Le informazioni (da buoni americani) vanno dritte all'osso e in più ci sono brevi approfondimenti anche su tematiche correlate di interesse (ad esempio la Viata quotidiana della civiltà romana…). Le vite dei personaggi storici presentano sempre un episodio particolare che attira la attenzione e la memoria dei bambini.lettura scorrevole e piacevole.Certo l'unico neo è che sono inglese. peccato.

My son learnt very important lessons from this book. (1) "I came, I saw, I conquered." (2) "also you, Brutus?" And, (3) Julius Caesar did not read Artemidorus' warning letter in a scroll. Before, my son never checks his emails or messages. But now, he does because it might be an assassination warning! Actually, emails to remind him his homework is due hahaha.

I love every book in this series, my 8 yr old and my 10 yr old love them. Truly fantastic.