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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955182103321

Autore

Keaveney Arthur

Titolo

Sulla, the last republican / / Arthur Keaveney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-30586-9

1-134-30587-7

1-280-15618-X

0-203-02251-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 233 p. : ill., maps

Classificazione

15.52

Disciplina

937/.05/092

B

Soggetti

Statesmen - Rome

Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The world of Sulla -- The early years : 138-105 BC -- The long road : 104-89 BC -- Triumph and disaster : the year 88 BC -- Rome's proconsul : the war with Mithridates -- Settling scores : Asia and the Cinnans -- Rome's first civil war -- Sulla dictator : the proscriptions -- Sulla dictator : the law and the land -- Sulla dictator : the new age -- The last years : 79-78 BC -- Qualis fuit Sulla?

Sommario/riassunto

In this second edition of Arthur Keaveney's classic biography, a fresh generation of students, scholars and readers are introduced to one of the most pivotal figures in the outgoing Roman Empire. A definitive book in its field, this second edition is a must read. Completely rewritten and updated to include the further discoveries of the last two decades, it challenges traditional views of Sulla as a tyrant and harsh military dictator and instead delivers a compellingly complex portrait of a man obsessed with the belief that he was blessed with divine favour. Written by a leading authority on the classical world, this lively and entertaining book transports us through Sulla's rise from poverty and obscurity to his dictatorship of Rome, highlighting his dedication and achievements in better ordering the Republic before his decline a generation later.