The name of the Roman politician, military leader, writer and reformer Gaius Julius Caesar - the transformer of the Roman state from an oligarchic city-state gripped by a comprehensive, deepest crisis into a worldwide (within the ancient Mediterranean) monarchy has forever entered the history of human society. Wolfgang Akunov's new book about this outstanding man, who changed the face of the world in which he lived, and about his era, highlights many aspects of his life path that are almost or completely unknown to the general public. Caesar's main support on his path to the heights of power and success was the Roman the class of “horses” - “ordo equester”, reinterpreted in the Middle Ages as the “order of chivalry”, or “knightly class”, the most prominent representatives of which are rightfully considered the Knights Templar - the poor comrades-in-arms of the Order of Christ and the Temple.