The Civil Wars

Informationen zum Autor Appian Klappentext Taken from Appian's Roman History, the five books collected here form the sole surviving continuous historical narrative of the era between 133-35 BC - a time of anarchy and instability for the Roman Empire. A masterly account of a turbulent epoch, they describe the Catiline conspiracy; the rise and fall of the First Triumvirate; the murder of Julius Caesar; the formation of the Second Triumvirate by Antonius, Octavian, and Lepidus; and brutal civil war. A compelling depiction of the decline of the Roman state into brutality and violence, The Civil Wars portrays political discontent, selfishness and the struggle for power - a struggle that was to culminate in a titanic battle for mastery over the Roman Empire, and the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra by Octavian in 31 BC Zusammenfassung Covering the period from the rise of Tiberius Gracchus in 133 BC to the eve of the Battle of Actium, this book offers a narrative of this crucial phase of Roman history, making the conflict "within" the Roman state to the exclusion of other material and tracing the economic and social factors. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Civil Wars - Appian Translated with an Introduction by John Carter 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

Product details

• Authors: Appian, John Carter Appianus, John Carter
• Assisted by: John Carter (Introduction), John Carter (Translation), John M. Carter (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.1996
• EAN: 9780140445091
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044509-1
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, military history, HISTORY / Military / Ancient, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient warfare