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Fall of the Roman Republic

by Unknown Author

2004Pearson Education, LimitedISBN 9780131920286

About this book

This collection illuminates the twilight of the old Roman Republic. It describes the would-be dictators of Crassus and Spartacus, the death of political idealist Cato, Julius Caesar'S triumph in Gaul, the elegant oratory of Cicero and more, giving an insight into an empire wrecked by political divisions.

Publication Details

Publisher
Pearson Education, Limited
Published
2004
ISBN
9780131920286
Language
en

About Unknown Author

Plutarch, born Plutarchos (Greek: Πλούταρχος) then, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Μέστριος Πλούταρχος), c. 46 – 120 AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He was born to a prominent family in Chaeronea, Boeotia, a town about twenty miles east of Delphi. Plutarch died between the years AD 119 and 127.

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