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Record Nr.

UNISA996218334503316

Autore

Lucan <39-65, >

Titolo

The civil war (Pharsalia) / / Lucan ; with an English translation by J.D. Duff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-674-99242-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Loeb Classical Library ; ; 220

Soggetti

Pharsalus, Battle of, Farsala, Greece, 48 B.C

Epic poetry, Latin

Rome History Civil War, 49 B.C.-45 B.C

Greece Farsala

Rome (Empire)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

In his epic The Civil War, Lucan (39-65 CE) carries us from Caesar's fateful crossing of the Rubicon, through the Battle of Pharsalus, Pompey's death, and Cato's leadership in Africa, to Caesar victorious in Egypt. The poem is also called Pharsalia.