Rubicon : the last years of the Roman Republic
Recounts the fall of the Roman Republic, tracing the events that marked the final century B.C. and discussing such topics as the rise of Alexandria and the contributions of such figures as Caesar, Cleopatra, Brutus, and Augustus. 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 self-sacrifice and rivalry, decadence and catastrophe, intrigue, war, and world-shaking ambition
eBook, English, ©2005
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Anchor Books, New York, ©2005
History
1 online resource (408 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780307427519, 030742751X
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Acknowledgments
List of maps
Note on Proper names
Preface
Paradoxical republic
Sibyl's curse
Luck be a lady
Return of the native
Fame is the spur
Banquet of Carrion
Debt to pleasure
Triumvirate
Wings of Icarus
World war
Death of the republic
Timeline
Notes
Bibliography