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Appian's writings vividly describe Catiline's conspiracy, the rise and fall of the First Triumvirate, and Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon, defeat of Pompey and untimely death. The climax comes with the brith of the Second Triumvirate out of anarchy, the terrible purges of Proscriptions which followed and the titanic struggle for world mastery which was only to end with Augustus's defeat of Antony and Cleopatra.
If Appian's Roman History as a whole reveals how an empire was born of the struggle against a series of external enemis, these five books concentrate on an even greater ordeal. Despite the rhetorical flourishes, John Carter suggests in his Introductions, the impressive 'overall conception of the decline of the Roman state into violence, with its sombre highlights and the leitmotif of fate, is neither trivial nor inaccurate.'
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Appian's writings vividly describe Catiline's conspiracy, the rise and fall of the First Triumvirate, and Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon, defeat of Pompey and untimely death. The climax comes with the brith of the Second Triumvirate out of anarchy, the terrible purges of Proscriptions which followed and the titanic struggle for world mastery which was only to end with Augustus's defeat of Antony and Cleopatra.
If Appian's Roman History as a whole reveals how an empire was born of the struggle against a series of external enemis, these five books concentrate on an even greater ordeal. Despite the rhetorical flourishes, John Carter suggests in his Introductions, the impressive 'overall conception of the decline of the Roman state into violence, with its sombre highlights and the leitmotif of fate, is neither trivial nor inaccurate.'
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
John Carter retired from a Senior Lectureship at Royal Holloway college, University of London, in 1992. He collaborated with Ian Scott-Kilvert on Cassius Dio's The Roman History(1987) for Penguin Classics, and other published work includes a history of Augustus' rise to power, The Battle of Actium (1970), and editions of Suetonius' life of Augustus, Divis Augustus (1982), and of Julius Caesar's own account of his war with Pompey, Civil War (2 vols., 1991 and 1993).
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Bibliographical Note
Notes on the Translation
Table of Dates
THE CIVIL WARS
Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Notes
Appendix
Maps:
A. Northern and Central Italy
B. Southern Italy and Sicily
C. Greece and the Aegean Basin
D. Provinces and Kingdoms of the East
Index
| Empfohlen (von): | 18 |
|---|---|
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 1996 |
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780140445091 |
| ISBN-10: | 0140445099 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Appian |
| Übersetzung: | Carter, John |
| Auflage: | Revised edition |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 196 x 129 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Appian |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.12.1996 |
| Gewicht: | 0,367 kg |
John Carter retired from a Senior Lectureship at Royal Holloway college, University of London, in 1992. He collaborated with Ian Scott-Kilvert on Cassius Dio's The Roman History(1987) for Penguin Classics, and other published work includes a history of Augustus' rise to power, The Battle of Actium (1970), and editions of Suetonius' life of Augustus, Divis Augustus (1982), and of Julius Caesar's own account of his war with Pompey, Civil War (2 vols., 1991 and 1993).
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Bibliographical Note
Notes on the Translation
Table of Dates
THE CIVIL WARS
Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Notes
Appendix
Maps:
A. Northern and Central Italy
B. Southern Italy and Sicily
C. Greece and the Aegean Basin
D. Provinces and Kingdoms of the East
Index
| Empfohlen (von): | 18 |
|---|---|
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 1996 |
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780140445091 |
| ISBN-10: | 0140445099 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Appian |
| Übersetzung: | Carter, John |
| Auflage: | Revised edition |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 196 x 129 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Appian |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.12.1996 |
| Gewicht: | 0,367 kg |
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