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Author Holland, Tom.
Title Rubicon : the last years of the Roman Republic / Tom Holland.
Edition 1st ed.
Publication info. New York : Doubleday, 2003.
Location/map Call number Volume Status Message
 Central City basement non-fiction  937.05 HOL  AVAILABLE  ---
Description xxi, 408 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Note U.K. ed. is published under the title: Rubicon : the triumph and tragedy of the Roman Republic.
Summary The end of the Roman Republic is vividly brought to life in this extremely well-written and revealing study by Tom Holland. More than anything else, the study is animated by the extraordinary people who lived and ruled at the time, most particularly Marius, Sulla, Casear, Cato and Cicero. Holland looks at what each sector of the community wanted from the Republic, the violence that they were so ready to use to achieve it, the squabbles of the leaders and generals, the machinations of the senate, and the high ideals of politicians, writers and legislators, not to mention the unruliness and greed of the plebeians and the suffering of the slaves.
Bibliography Includes bibliography and index.
Subject Rome -- History -- Civil War, 49-45 B.C.
Cover title Rvbicon : the last years of the Roman Republic
ISBN 038550313X
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