Josiah Osgood (Georgetown University)

Uncommon Wrath

How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic

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Produktbeschreibung

A dual biography of Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger that offers a dire warning: republics collapse when personal pride overrides the common good.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 162mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780192859563
• ISBN-10: 0192859560
• Artikelnr.: 65689260

Autorenporträt

Josiah Osgood is Professor of Classics at Georgetown University, and holds a PhD from Yale University. A winner of the Rome Prize, he is the author of five books on Roman history and the translator and editor of How to Be A Bad Emperor, a 2020 edition of Suetonius's Lives of the Caesars.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Coming of Age in Civil War
2: Making a Name for Themselves
3: Political Ambitions
4: The Conspiracy of Catiline
5: Showdown in the Forum
6: Divorce, Marry, Repeat
7: With Cato in Prison
8: Cato's Triumph
9: Gaul
10: Cato's Medicines
11: Civil War!
12: "Even a Victor"
13: Anticato
14: Requiem for a Republic
A Note on Sources