Roman History, Book 40-41, Caesar and Pompey.
The Belles Lettres.| N° d'inventaire | 25612 |
| Format | 13.5 x 21 |
| Détails | 160 p., paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 1996 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251339283 |
"The Book Wheel" Collection.
The seven years (54 to 48 BC) covered by books 40 and 41 of Cassius Dio's Roman History are crucial: the breakup of the triumvirate that had shared power and the empire, the growing power of Caesar, crowned by his Gallic conquests, and his confrontation with the other general consumed by ambition, Pompey, virtually mark the end of the Republic.
With the benefit of hindsight of three and a half centuries, Cassius Dio, Roman senator and Greek historian, shows, without taking sides for one or the other of the two adversaries, the impotence of the Senate, the failure of the republican institutions and the emerging tyranny of the dynasts. He does so in a narrative that favors scenes and dramatizes the fury and heartbreak that runs through the citizens of both camps caught up in the same merciless war.
This translation is the first in French for almost one hundred and fifty years.
"The Book Wheel" Collection.
The seven years (54 to 48 BC) covered by books 40 and 41 of Cassius Dio's Roman History are crucial: the breakup of the triumvirate that had shared power and the empire, the growing power of Caesar, crowned by his Gallic conquests, and his confrontation with the other general consumed by ambition, Pompey, virtually mark the end of the Republic.
With the benefit of hindsight of three and a half centuries, Cassius Dio, Roman senator and Greek historian, shows, without taking sides for one or the other of the two adversaries, the impotence of the Senate, the failure of the republican institutions and the emerging tyranny of the dynasts. He does so in a narrative that favors scenes and dramatizes the fury and heartbreak that runs through the citizens of both camps caught up in the same merciless war.
This translation is the first in French for almost one hundred and fifty years.