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.

Sommario

• 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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Josiah Osgood, Josiah (Georgetown University) Osgood, Osgood Josiah
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9780192859563
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285956-3
• Pagine: 352
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Civilization, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Biography: historical, political and military