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After three years away from the shelves, Alberto Angela returns to Mondadori with Cesare. La conquista dell’eternità, an ambitious and visually rich exploration of Julius Caesar’s De Bello Gallico. Long remembered as a school text, Caesar’s work is reinterpreted by Angela as a gripping narrative of adventure, strategy, and human ambition.

Angela invites readers to follow Caesar and his legions through the Gaulish campaign of 58 BCE: a world of hostile tribes, harsh winter marches, engineering challenges, betrayals, and battles that evoke the atmosphere of epic cinema. “The difference,” Angela notes, “is that everything is true.”
The book is also notable for its innovative use of artificial intelligence. Guided by historical research, AI tools reconstruct faces, landscapes, and scenes of daily life, offering a near-photographic immersion into antiquity. “Technology must serve science, not the other way around,” Angela explains.

Part historical narrative, part visual journey, the book reveals the De Bello Gallico as a dynamic epic filled with conflict, political intrigue, and human complexity. Caesar emerges as both commander and man—strategic, vulnerable, and driven—an archetype that resonates from classical literature to modern screen heroes.
More than a historical account, Cesare. La conquista dell’eternità is a reflection on our present. By revisiting ancient wars, Angela underscores the contemporary value of peace and the importance of understanding Europe’s origins to better interpret its future.