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Violence
A lot
Civil war violence and the assassination; some brutal battle scenes
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content
Substance Use
Some
Heavy drinking as Roman social texture
Emotional Intensity
Some
The tragedy of Brutus — a good man who does a terrible thing for reasons that made sense to him; the weight of inevitability on historical fiction
What this book is about
Caesar crosses the Rubicon and the Civil War begins. The Senate flees; Pompey musters his legions; and the long friendship between Caesar and Brutus reaches a crisis that history has already decided but Iggulden renders with genuine feeling. The fourth and final Emperor novel covers the Roman Civil War through to Caesar's assassination — some of the most familiar events in Western history, rendered through Iggulden's characteristic mix of military detail and human drama. The Ides of March have rarely been given this much psychological groundwork.
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Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
graphic historical violence
finale of the Emperor series; prior books recommended
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