Fall Of The Roman Republic: Six Lives
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the heart of one of history's most dramatic transformations stands a cast of titans — Marius, Sulla, Crassus, Pompey, Caesar, and Cicero — whose ambitions, rivalries, and fatal flaws tore the Roman Republic apart from the inside. Fall of the Roman Republic: Six Lives presents Plutarch's masterful biographical portraits of these six defining figures, translated with clarity and vigour by Rex Warner, chronicling the turbulent final century of Republican Rome with the intimacy of a witness and the sweep of an epic historian. Plutarch does not merely recount events; he dissects character, illuminating how personal virtue and vice shaped the destiny of an empire, making this collection as much a study in moral philosophy as it is a record of political catastrophe. As one of antiquity's greatest biographers, Plutarch's genius lies in his ability to render the abstract forces of history through flesh-and-blood human beings, revealing how courage, vanity, loyalty, and treachery play out on the grandest of stages. Rex Warner's translation preserves the Greek master's psychological acuity while making it wholly accessible to modern readers, ensuring these portraits resonate across two millennia. For anyone who has ever wondered how great civilisations unravel — and who is ultimately to blame — Plutarch's answer is as compelling and unsettling today as it was in the ancient world.
Author: Plutarch
Format: Paperback
Genre: Ancient history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the heart of one of history's most dramatic transformations stands a cast of titans — Marius, Sulla, Crassus, Pompey, Caesar, and Cicero — whose ambitions, rivalries, and fatal flaws tore the Roman Republic apart from the inside. Fall of the Roman Republic: Six Lives presents Plutarch's masterful biographical portraits of these six defining figures, translated with clarity and vigour by Rex Warner, chronicling the turbulent final century of Republican Rome with the intimacy of a witness and the sweep of an epic historian. Plutarch does not merely recount events; he dissects character, illuminating how personal virtue and vice shaped the destiny of an empire, making this collection as much a study in moral philosophy as it is a record of political catastrophe. As one of antiquity's greatest biographers, Plutarch's genius lies in his ability to render the abstract forces of history through flesh-and-blood human beings, revealing how courage, vanity, loyalty, and treachery play out on the grandest of stages. Rex Warner's translation preserves the Greek master's psychological acuity while making it wholly accessible to modern readers, ensuring these portraits resonate across two millennia. For anyone who has ever wondered how great civilisations unravel — and who is ultimately to blame — Plutarch's answer is as compelling and unsettling today as it was in the ancient world.