L. Munatius Plancus - Serving and Surviving in the Roman Revolution

Zusatztext "Making excellent use of available sources! thin as they may be! Watkins has built a surprisingly detailed picture of the man's life! campaigns! and political career! carefully noting why at times! where evidence is sparse! he makes certain conclusions! such as in the man's family connections."- The NYMAS Review: A Publication of The New York Military Affairs Symposium Informationen zum Autor Thomas H. Watkins is Emeritus Professor at Western Illinois University, USA, and after his retirement taught Roman history at Virginia Tech for 10 years. Klappentext This volume examines the life and career of L. Munatius Plancus, and through him, explores the tumultuous final years of the Roman Republic. Zusammenfassung This volume examines the life and career of L. Munatius Plancus, and through him, explores the tumultuous final years of the Roman Republic. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The evidence: discontinuity, biases, and hypotheses; Chapter 2: Family and homeland: the Munatii Planci of southern Latium; Chapter 3: Plancus the Caesarian, 54-44: from legate to consul designate; Chapter 4: Plancus without Caesar: proconsul of Gaul, March-December, 44; Chapter 5: Plancus the reluctant warrior: January-July, 43; Chapter 6: Plancus the Antonian, late 43-mid-32; Chapter 7: Plancus in transition and Horace, Ode 1.7; Chapter 8: Plancus the Augustan, mid-32-22; Epilogue: Perilous prominence: the Tivoli villa, the Temple of Saturn, and the mausoleum through the centuries; Appendix I: L. Licinius Crassus and the Munatii Planci; Appendix II: T. Munatius Plancus Bursa; Bibliography; Index of People; Index of Topics

Product details

• Authors: Thomas H. Watkins
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781138543751
• ISBN: 978-1-138-54375-1
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Routledge Ancient Biographies; Routledge Ancient Biographies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; European History, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Biography: historical, political and military, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory