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Congressional Library

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Kaban ng Hiyas
Congressional Library

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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Author

Tom Holland

Call Number

KH435526.0KY5 4176 2016

Accession Number

36924kh

PUBLICATION YEAR

2012

Keywords

Julius Caesar, Roman Republic, Civil War, Cleopatra, Augustus

Book Summary

In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small border river called the Rubicon and plunged Rome into cataclysmic civil war. Tom Holland’s enthralling account tells the story of Caesar’s generation, witness to the twilight of the Republic and its bloody transformation into an empire. From Cicero, Spartacus, and Brutus, to Cleopatra, Virgil, and Augustus, here are some of the most legendary figures in history brought thrillingly to life. Combining verve and freshness with scrupulous scholarship, Rubicon is not only an engrossing history of this pivotal era but a uniquely resonant portrait of a great civilization in all its extremes of self-sacrifice and rivalry, decadence and catastrophe, intrigue, war, and world-shaking ambition.

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