| The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives Contributor(s): Plutarch (Author), Romm, James (Editor), Mensch, Pamela (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0393355527 ISBN-13: 9780393355529 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Ancient - Rome |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.75 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names still resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives pose a question that haunts us still: how to safeguard a republic from the flaws of its leaders. This reader's edition of Plutarch delivers a fresh translation of notable clarity, explanatory notes, and ample historical context in the Preface and Introduction. |
Contributor Bio(s): Beard, Mary: - A professor of classics at Cambridge University, Mary Beard is the author of the best-selling SPQR and Women & Power and the National Book Critics Circle Award-nominated Confronting the Classics. A popular blogger and television personality, Beard is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books.Romm, James: - James Romm is the author of Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero and a classicist who teaches at Bard College.Mensch, Pamela: - Pamela Mensch is the translator of Herodotus and Arrian, and she lives in New York City. |