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Rubicon - The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic

By: Abacus Publishing

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Abacus Publishing)

Last Stocked on 12/26/2023

Product Info

Title
Rubicon - The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic
Publisher
Category
Author
Tom Holland
Publish Year
2003
Pages
430
Dimensions
5x7.5x1.5"
NKG Part #
2148036610
Type
Softcover

Description

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.