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Caesar Versus Pompey

Determining Rome's Greatest General, Statesman & Nation-Builder
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320 Seiten
Englisch
Turnererschienen am23.05.2024
Who was Rome´s greatest general, statesman, and nation-builder:Caesar or Pompey?Few people have had as many words written about them down throughthe centuries as Julius Caesar-the brilliant general who made Queen Cleopatraof Egypt his mistress. He has captured the imagination of playwrights,historians, soldiers, and emperors.Little has been written about his ally, son-in-law, and eventualenemy Pompey the Great, who crashed onto the Roman scene as a victorioustwenty-three-year-old general and who, at the height of his career, was arguablymore famous, more popular, and more successful than Caesar.Caesar Versus Pompey tells the parallel life stories ofJulius Caesar and Pompey the Great, as their lives and loves became intertwined andinterdependent, as they grew from rivals to partners, then from joint rulers towarring foes. One strove to preserve the Roman Republic, the other destroyedit.mehr
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KlappentextWho was Rome´s greatest general, statesman, and nation-builder:Caesar or Pompey?Few people have had as many words written about them down throughthe centuries as Julius Caesar-the brilliant general who made Queen Cleopatraof Egypt his mistress. He has captured the imagination of playwrights,historians, soldiers, and emperors.Little has been written about his ally, son-in-law, and eventualenemy Pompey the Great, who crashed onto the Roman scene as a victorioustwenty-three-year-old general and who, at the height of his career, was arguablymore famous, more popular, and more successful than Caesar.Caesar Versus Pompey tells the parallel life stories ofJulius Caesar and Pompey the Great, as their lives and loves became intertwined andinterdependent, as they grew from rivals to partners, then from joint rulers towarring foes. One strove to preserve the Roman Republic, the other destroyedit.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-68442-896-0
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum23.05.2024
Seiten320 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 157 mm, Höhe 235 mm, Dicke 23 mm
Gewicht688 g
Artikel-Nr.60586529
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
AtlasIllustrationsIntroductionA Bolt of Lightning Changes EverythingCaesar´s Uncle Takes Power, Pompey on TrialCaesar the Priest, Pompey the Boy GeneralCaesar in Jeopardy, Pompey Becomes GreatCaesar Hides, Pompey TriumphsAfter Sulla, Pompey & Caesar on Opposing SidesCrassus the Property Developer & Cicero the LawyerSneaky Sertorius versus Persistent PompeyPesky Spartacus Terminated by Crassus and PompeyAs Caesar Weeps, Pompey Conquers the EastCicero Rules, Caesar´s Star RisesPompey´s Triumphant Return, Caesar Imperator in SpainCaesar, Pompey & Crassus Rule RomeCaesar Begins to Conquer Gaul, Pompey Rehabilitates CiceroCaesar Subdues Gaul & Again Embraces PompeyAs Pompey & Crassus Rule, Caesar Invades BritainWith Two Deaths, Everything ChangesThe Revolting Gauls Pressure CaesarThis Means WarBattle of the GiantsBoth AssassinatedAssessmentNotesBibliographyIndexmehr

Autor

Stephen Dando-Collins is the multi-award-winning author of forty-eight books, including biographies and nonfiction works on ancient Rome, Greece, and Persia, as well as American, British, French, and Australian history including World War I and World War II. These works focus on military history, with Stephen considered an authority on the legions of imperial Rome. He has also written several successful novels and children's novels. His books are widely published in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and they appear in translation in Spain, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, Albania, Russia, Korea, and Latin America.

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