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Author Holland, Tom.
Title Rubicon : the last years of the Roman Republic / Tom Holland.
Pub Info New York : Doubleday, [2003]
Copyright ©2003
Call No. 937.05 H719r
Edition First edition.
Description xxi, 408 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS  Status Defined
 Strongsvl Adult General  937.05 H719r    DUE 09-02-16

Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-399) and index.
Contents 1 Paradoxical Republic 1 -- 2 Sibyl's Curse 31 -- 3 Luck Be a Lady 59 -- 4 Return of the Native 82 -- 5 Fame is the Spur 108 -- 6 A Banquet of Carrion 150 -- 7 Debt to Pleasure 179 -- 8 Triumvirate 212 -- 9 Wings of Icarus 250 -- 10 World War 297 -- 11 Death of the Republic 338.
Summary 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.
Subject Rome -- History -- Civil War, 49-45 B.C.
ISBN 9781400078974
038550313X