Fall of the Roman Republic / [print]
Plutarch ; translated with introduction and notes by Rex Warner ; revised with translations of comparisons and a preface by Robin Seager ; with series preface by Christopher Pelling.
- Revisedition. and expanded edition.
- London ; New York : Penguin Books, (c)2005.
- xlviii, 414 pages ; 20 cm
- Penguin classics .
- Penguin classics. .
Previous revised edition: 1972.
Marius -- Sulla: Comparison of Lysander and Sulla -- Crassus : Comparison of Nicias and Crassus -- Pompey : Comparison of Agesilaus and Pompey -- Caesar -- Cicero : Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero.
"Dramatic artist and philosopher, Plutarch is widely regarded as the most significant writer of his era, and this collection, taken from his Lives, illuminates the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 120 to 43 B.C. Here he provides sharp and succinct biographies of the greatest statesmen of this turbulent period. Whether describing the power struggle between Marius and Sulla, the battle between Crassus and Spartacus, the death of political idealist Cato, Julius Caesar's brilliant but bloody triumph in Gaul or the eloquent oratory of Cicero, all these accounts offer a fascinating insight into an empire wracked by political divisions. Deeply influential for Shakespeare and many other later writers, the lives continue to intrigue with their exploration of corruption, decadence and the struggle for ultimate power." "This is a revised edition of Rex Warner's acclaimed translation, edited by Robin Seager. It includes revised introductions to the biographies, notes and, for the first time, translations, by Seager, of Plutarch's four surviving comparisons between these Roman statesmen and their Greek counterparts."--Jacket.
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013348223 Uk
Plutarch--Translations into English.
Classical biography. Greek prose literature--Translations into English. Biography. Early works to 1800. Translations into English.