Significant Passages Phillip Freeman's Julius Caesar is a profound biography of Caesar's life, achievements, and personality. The author's style and major themes can be visualized through quotations of significant passages. For example, when Sulla, a dictator, ordered Caesar to divorce his wife after Sulla removed Caesar from the position of flamen dialis, Caesar refused. Freeman describes his defiance: “Whether out of stubbornness, audacity, or simply love, Caesar was a defiant man who ordered the murder of thousands of people. In doing so he lost everything he owned and was put to death on the proscription lists" (32). In another pressing way, Caesar's personality is also shown when he is captured by pirates. Freeman writes: “Caesar treated the pirates with a good-natured contempt that shocked and amused his captors. They were used to terrified prisoners begging for mercy, but Caesar acted more as if the pirates were a small distraction in his busy schedule” (39). Not to mention, Caesar's compassion for his loved ones is also depicted in this biography. When her beloved aunt died, instead of the quiet funeral orientation typical of a woman, she chose to give a bold speech full of family pride in front of a huge crowd for her dearly departed aunt. Caesar himself exclaims: “My aunt Julia's family descends from kings on her mother's side and, through her father, from the gods themselves. In fact, the Marcii Reges, his mother's family, are heirs of Ancus Marcius, fourth king of Rome, while the Julians, of which our clan is part, descend from the same goddess Venus. My family therefore holds the sanctity of kings who rule among men and of gods who rule over kings” (52). In a similar case, upon the death of his young wife Cornelia, his wife Sulla had told him to divorce him and he had risked his life for her because he loved her so much, Caesar honored