The son of Pompey the Great casts a long shadow. Acclaimed by the Roman populace in his lifetime, his traditional virtues and military successes put to shame his civil-war rival Octavian. After his death, he was passionately and safely abused by Octavian and poets as a marginal nuisance, a pirate. The image of a 'second rank' figure has been propagated into recent times by Syme and Zanker. But extensive ancient evidence makes possible a very different story. Here seven new studies from an international cast reconstruct a figure whose actions and image shaped not just the civil war period but the character of the early Principate.
- ISBN:
- 9780715631270
- 9780715631270
- Category:
- European history
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 01-12-2002
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Classical Press of Wales
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 285
- Dimensions (mm):
- 234x156x21mm
- Weight:
- 0.67kg
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