Res Publica Conquassata: Readings on the Fall of the Roman Republic

Book Overview

Containing readings from eyewitness accounts of the collapse of the Roman republic, Res Publica Conquassata (The Republic Shattered) relates Julius Caesar's invasion of his own fatherland at the head of a loyal and seasoned army. The correspondence of the great orator Marcus Cicero, one of Caesar's most prominent political adversaries, is interspersed among Caesar's narrative episodes of the civil war (De Bello Civili). James K. Finn and Frank...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814326781
• ISBN13: 9780814326787
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"