Uncommon Wrath - How Caesar and Cato''s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic

A dual biography of Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger that offers a dire warning: republics collapse when personal pride overrides the common good.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Coming of Age in Civil War


• 2: Making a Name for Themselves


• 3: Political Ambitions


• 4: The Conspiracy of Catiline


• 5: Showdown in the Forum


• 6: Divorce, Marry, Repeat


• 7: With Cato in Prison


• 8: Cato's Triumph


• 9: Gaul


• 10: Cato's Medicines


• 11: Civil War!


• 12: "Even a Victor"


• 13: Anticato


• 14: Requiem for a Republic


• A Note on Sources

About the author

Josiah Osgood is Professor of Classics at Georgetown University, and holds a PhD from Yale University. A winner of the Rome Prize, he is the author of five books on Roman history and the translator and editor of How to Be A Bad Emperor, a 2020 edition of Suetonius's Lives of the Caesars.

Summary

A dual biography of Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger that offers a dire warning: republics collapse when personal pride overrides the common good.

Product details

• Authors: Josiah Osgood, Josiah (Georgetown University) Osgood, Osgood Josiah
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9780192859563
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285956-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Civilization, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Biography: historical, political and military