Pompey A Political Biography

Author : Robin Seager
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047077522X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pompey the Great written by Robin Seager and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pompey the Great gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny.

Author : Robin Seager
Publisher : Berkeley : University of California Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pompey, a Political Biography written by Robin Seager and published by Berkeley : University of California Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pat Southern
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pompey the Great written by Pat Southern and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed study of Pompey's achievements

Author : Anthony Everitt
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1588360342
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cicero written by Anthony Everitt and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “An excellent introduction to a critical period in the history of Rome. Cicero comes across much as he must have lived: reflective, charming and rather vain.”—The Wall Street Journal “All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined.”—John Adams He squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised the legendary Pompey on his botched transition from military hero to politician. He lambasted Mark Antony and was master of the smear campaign, as feared for his wit as he was for his ruthless disputations. Brilliant, voluble, cranky, a genius of political manipulation but also a true patriot and idealist, Cicero was Rome’s most feared politician, one of the greatest lawyers and statesmen of all times. In this dynamic and engaging biography, Anthony Everitt plunges us into the fascinating, scandal-ridden world of ancient Rome in its most glorious heyday—when senators were endlessly filibustering legislation and exposing one another’s sexual escapades to discredit the opposition. Accessible to us through his legendary speeches but also through an unrivaled collection of unguarded letters to his close friend Atticus, Cicero comes to life as a witty and cunning political operator, the most eloquent and astute witness to the last days of Republican Rome. Praise for Cicero “ [Everitt makes] his subject—brilliant, vain, principled, opportunistic and courageous—come to life after two millennia.”—The Washington Post “ Gripping . . . Everitt combines a classical education with practical expertise. . . . He writes fluidly.”—The New York Times “In the half-century before the assassination of Julius Caesar . . . Rome endured a series of crises, assassinations, factional bloodletting, civil wars and civil strife, including at one point government by gang war. This period, when republican government slid into dictatorship, is one of history’s most fascinating, and one learns a great deal about it in this excellent and very readable biography.”—The Plain Dealer “Riveting . . . a clear-eyed biography . . . Cicero’s times . . . offer vivid lessons about the viciousness that can pervade elected government.”—Chicago Tribune “Lively and dramatic . . . By the book’s end, he’s managed to put enough flesh on Cicero’s old bones that you care when the agents of his implacable enemy, Mark Antony, kill him.”—Los Angeles Times

Author : P. A. L. Greenhalgh
Publisher : London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pompey written by P. A. L. Greenhalgh and published by London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson. This book was released on 1981 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rob Goodman
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312681232
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rome's Last Citizen written by Rob Goodman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of Marcus Cato the Younger -- Rome's bravest statesman, an aristocratic soldier, a Stoic philosopher, and staunch defender of sacred Roman tradition -- is rich with resonances for current politics and contemporary notions of freedom.

Author : Robert Harris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743293878
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imperium written by Robert Harris and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-09-19 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Pompeii, comes the first novel of a trilogy about the struggle for power in ancient Rome. In his “most accomplished work to date” (Los Angeles Times), master of historical fiction Robert Harris lures readers back in time to the compelling life of Roman Senator Marcus Cicero. The re-creation of a vanished biography written by his household slave and righthand man, Tiro, Imperium follows Cicero’s extraordinary struggle to attain supreme power in Rome. On a cold November morning, Tiro opens the door to find a terrified, bedraggled stranger begging for help. Once a Sicilian aristocrat, the man was robbed by the corrupt Roman governor, Verres, who is now trying to convict him under false pretenses and sentence him to a violent death. The man claims that only the great senator Marcus Cicero, one of Rome’s most ambitious lawyers and spellbinding orators, can bring him justice in a crooked society manipulated by the villainous governor. But for Cicero, it is a chance to prove himself worthy of absolute power. What follows is one of the most gripping courtroom dramas in history, and the beginning of a quest for political glory by a man who fought his way to the top using only his voice—defeating the most daunting figures in Roman history.

Author : John Leach
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317752503
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pompey the Great (Routledge Revivals) written by John Leach and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Romans of later generations the three decades between the dictatorships of Sulla and of Caesar were the age of Pompey the Great. In spite of the central role he played in Roman history, he remains a shadowy figure compared with the likes of Caesar and Cicero. Pompey the Great, first published in 1978, traces the career of this enigmatic character from his first appearance in public life on the staff of his father Strabo during the Social War, through his early military campaigns as Sulla’s lieutenant in the Civil War 83-82, as the Senate’s general in Italy and Spain during the 70s, to his first consulship with Crassus in 70. The important commands against the pirates and Mithridates, the alliance with Caesar, its eventual collapse into civil war, and the significance of Pompey’s constitutional position for an understanding of the later Augustan settlement war are all discussed with clarity and insight.

Author : Arthur Keaveney
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134305869
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sulla written by Arthur Keaveney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second edition of Arthur Keaveney's classic biography, a fresh generation of students, scholars and readers are introduced to one of the most pivotal figures in the outgoing Roman Empire. A definitive book in its field, this second edition is a must read. Completely rewritten and updated to include the further discoveries of the last two decades, it challenges traditional views of Sulla as a tyrant and harsh military dictator and instead delivers a compellingly complex portrait of a man obsessed with the belief that he was blessed with divine favour. Written by a leading authority on the classical world, this lively and entertaining book transports us through Sulla's rise from poverty and obscurity to his dictatorship of Rome, highlighting his dedication and achievements in better ordering the Republic before his decline a generation later.

Author : Francis Coventry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Pompey the Little; Or, The Life and Adventures of a Lap-dog written by Francis Coventry and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: