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Civil War

Civil War( )
Author: Lucan,
Translator: Fox, Matthew
Introduction by: Fox, Matthew
Adams, Ethan
ISBN:978-0-14-310623-4
Publication Date:Mar 2013
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $35.00
Book Description:

A magnificent new translation of the enduring epic about the sundering of the Roman Republic. Lucan lived from 39-65 AD at a time of great turbulence in Rome. HisCivil Warportrays two of the most colorful and powerful figures of the age-Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great, enemies in a vicious struggle for power that severed bloodlines and began the transformation of Roman civilization. With Right locked in combat with Might, law and order broke down and the...
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Book Details
Pages:544
Detailed Subjects: Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.9 x 19.6 x 2.5 cm
Book Weight:0.444 Kilograms
Author Biography
Lucan (Author)
Grandson of Seneca the Rhetorican and nephew of Seneca the Philosopher, Lucan was born in Spain and educated in rhetoric in Rome. He was a favorite at Nero's court until the emperor took offense at his precocious literary talent and prevented him from displaying it in public. Lucan then joined a conspiracy against the monarch and was forced to commit suicide. His epic poem "Bellum Civile" (Civil War), also called "Pharsalia," sided with Pompey in his fatal struggle with Julius Caesar. His complex rhetorical style was acclaimed in the Middle Ages; Dante and Chaucer ranked him high as a poet.

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