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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... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
- - The events and factors leading to the end of the Roman republic.
Characters/People edit
- Pompey: Add a description of this character.
- Julius Caesar
- Cicero
- Crassus
- Clodius
- Marius
- Antony
- Cleopatra
- Mithridates
- Alexander
- Hortensius
- Catiline
- Cornelia
- Sulla
- Pompev
- Brutus
- Clodia
- Vercingetorix
- Caelius
- Su Ila
- Octavian
- Milo
- Strabo
- Luc
- Domitius
- Tigranes
- Rufus
- Cinna
- Nola
- Hannibal
- Sam
- Atticus
- Virgil
- Stith
- Antonv
- Tiberius
- Muse
- Gaius
- Aeneas
- Julia
- Rhodes
- Romulus
- Sulpicius
- Tarquin
- Sextus
First Sentence edit
In the beginning, before the Republic, Rome was ruled by kings.
Table of Contents edit
1 The Paradoxical Republic
2 The Sibyl's Curse
3 Luck be a Lady
4 Return of the Native
5 Fame is the Spur
6 A Banquet of Carrion
7 The Debt to Pleasure
8 Triumvirate
9 The Wings of Icarus
10 World War
11 The Death of the Republic
Authors & Contributors edit
- Tom Holland (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Anchor
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 1400078970
Page Count: 464
Publisher: Anchor
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 1400078970
Page Count: 464
Awards edit
- Hessell-Tiltman Prize (2004)
- Samuel Johnson Prize (Finalist, 2004, Shortlist)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 355
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