It was a moment in history that's pivotal in western history. If things hadn't turned out the way they did at that particular point, the world that we live in now would be very different ... It's the transformation of a republic into an empire. I think America is dealing with that issue just now. -Bruno Heller

 

It was a moment in history that's pivotal in western history. If things hadn't turned out the way they did at that particular point, the world that we live in now would be very different ... It's the transformation of a republic into an empire. I think America is dealing with that issue just now.


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Caesar was frightening to be around ... if ever anyone was born to be a king, he was. But they (the Romans) had an ancestral fear of kings, similar to the American fear to a degree ? pride in their liberty.

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He's a known character. We designed it so that when you see Caesar, it's through other people's eyes, it's how the people around him see him. Because, to a degree, a character like Caesar is always unknowable.

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The novel aspect is that it's about everyday life in a time of great historical import.

Bruno Heller

You can't understand that period of history unless it shocks you.

Bruno Heller

(He) must have been a very strange and brilliant man. He ... created a new way of operating a society that lasted for another 500 years.

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