Caesar Versus Pompey: Determining Rome's Greatest General, Statesman & Nation-Builder

Who was Rome's greatest general, statesman, and nation-builder: Caesar or Pompey?



Few people have had as many words written about them down through the centuries as Julius Caesar-the brilliant general who made Queen Cleopatra of Egypt his mistress. He has captured the imagination of playwrights, historians, soldiers, and emperors.



Little has been written about his ally, son-in-law, and eventual enemy Pompey the Great, who crashed onto the Roman scene as a victorious twenty-three-year-old gene...