The Civil Wars (Penguin Classics)

Appian

ISBN 10: 0140445099 / ISBN 13: 9780140445091

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 1996

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Taken from Appian's Roman History, the five books collected here form the sole surviving continuous historical narrative of the era between 133-35 BC - a time of anarchy and instability for the Roman Empire. A masterly account of a turbulent epoch, they describe the Catiline conspiracy; the rise and fall of the First Triumvirate; the murder of Julius Caesar; the formation of the Second Triumvirate by Antonius, Octavian, and Lepidus; and brutal civil war. A compelling depiction of the decline of the Roman state into brutality and violence, The Civil Wars portrays political discontent, selfishness and the struggle for power - a struggle that was to culminate in a titanic battle for mastery over the Roman Empire, and the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra by Octavian in 31 BC

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: John Carter is a historian living in the US.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Civil Wars (Penguin Classics)
Verlag: Penguin Classics
Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good