Rubicon The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Name: Rubicon The Last Years of the Roman Republic
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ISBN: 9781400078974

ISBN-10: 1400078970

ISBN-13: 9781400078974

Edition: 2003

Authors: Tom Holland

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In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small border river called the Rubicon and plunged Rome into cataclysmic civil war. Tom Holland’s enthralling account tells the story of Caesar’s generation, witness to the twilight of the Republic and its bloody transformation into an empire. From Cicero, Spartacus, and Brutus, to Cleopatra, Virgil, and Augustus, here are some of the most legendary figures in history brought thrillingly to life. Combining verve and freshness with scrupulous scholarship, Rubicon is not only an engrossing history of this pivotal era but a uniquely resonant portrait of a great civilization in all its extremes of…

Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.18" wide x 7.96" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgements


List of Maps


Note on Proper Names


Preface



The Paradoxical Republic



The Sibyl's Curse



Luck Be a Lady



Return of the Native



Fame is the Spur



A Banquet of Carrion



The Debt to Pleasure



Triumvirate



The Wings of Icarus



World War



The Death of the Republic


Timeline


Notes


Bibliography


Index