Marcus Crassus and the Late Roman Republic
Author: Allen Mason Ward
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13:
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In the Shadow of Caesar
Author: David E. Gray
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-05-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781490316895
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you believe what the sources have to say about Marcus Crassus, he was a cruel general, a money loving miser, and only had interest in furthering his own political career. This book serves as an attempt to right some of those lies, innuendos, and slanders by presenting an alternative view of his life and reexamining the 'primary' and secondary sources to gain a better understanding of just who Crassus was.
The Defeat of Rome
Author: Gareth C. Sampson
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781473828049
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The Unswept Room
Author: Sharon Olds
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2012-12-05
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 0307548597
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the Pulitzer Prize and T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry winner—a stunning collection of poems about history, childhood, nurturing a new generation of children, and the transformative power of marital love. With poems that project a fresh spirit, a startling energy of language and counterpoint, and a moving, elegiac tone shot through with humor, Sharon Olds takes risks, writing boldly of physical, emotional, and spiritual sensations that are seldom the stuff of poetry. These are poems that strike for the heart, as Olds captures our imagination with unexpected wordplay, sprung rhythms, and the disquieting revelations of ordinary life. Writing at the peak of her powers, this greatly admired poet gives us her finest collection.
Defeat of Rome in the East
Author: Gareth C. Sampson
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2008-07-16
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 1844686345
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Not just worthwhile for its analysis of the battle, but also for its coverage on Marcus Licinius Crassus’ long career and the rise of the Parthian Empire.” —Medieval Warfare Magazine In 53BC the Proconsul Marcus Crassus and 36,000 of his legionaries were crushed by the Parthians at Carrhae in what is now eastern Turkey. Crassus’ defeat and death and the 20,000 casualties his army suffered were an extraordinary disaster for Rome. The event intensified the bitter, destructive struggle for power in the Roman republic, curtailed the empire’s eastward expansion and had a lasting impact on the history of the Mediterranean and the Middle East. It was also the first clash between two of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world. Yet this critical episode has often been neglected by writers on the period who have concentrated on the civil war between Pompey and Caesar. Gareth Sampson, in this challenging and original study, reconstructs the Carrhae campaign in fine detail, reconsiders the policy of imperial expansion and gives a fascinating insight into the opponents the Romans confronted in the East—the Parthians. “The book is very well written and tightly referenced . . . Recommended, especially for those who only remember Crassus as the guy who was played by Laurence Olivier in Spartacus.” —Slingshot
Arms of Nemesis
Author: Steven Saylor
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2008-05-13
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1429908599
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe hideously disfigured body was found in the atrium. The only clues are a blood-soaked cloak, and, carved into the stone at the corpse's feet, the word Sparta. The murdered man was the overseer of Marcus Crassus's estate, apparently killed by two runaway slaves bent on joining Spartacus's revolt. In response to the murder, the wealthy, powerful Crassus vows to honor an ancient law and kill his ninety-nine remaining slaves in three days. Now Gordianus the Finder has been summoned from Rome by a mysterious client to find out the truth about the murder before the three days are up. Enmeshed in a world of desperate slaves and duplicitous masters, extravagant feasts and sordid secrets, Gordianus must risk all he loves, including his life, to stop a senseless slaughter-and save the very future of Rome itself.
Imperium
Author: Robert Harris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2006-09-19
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 0743293878
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the bestselling author of Fatherland and Pompeii, comes the first novel of a trilogy about the struggle for power in ancient Rome. In his “most accomplished work to date” (Los Angeles Times), master of historical fiction Robert Harris lures readers back in time to the compelling life of Roman Senator Marcus Cicero. The re-creation of a vanished biography written by his household slave and righthand man, Tiro, Imperium follows Cicero’s extraordinary struggle to attain supreme power in Rome. On a cold November morning, Tiro opens the door to find a terrified, bedraggled stranger begging for help. Once a Sicilian aristocrat, the man was robbed by the corrupt Roman governor, Verres, who is now trying to convict him under false pretenses and sentence him to a violent death. The man claims that only the great senator Marcus Cicero, one of Rome’s most ambitious lawyers and spellbinding orators, can bring him justice in a crooked society manipulated by the villainous governor. But for Cicero, it is a chance to prove himself worthy of absolute power. What follows is one of the most gripping courtroom dramas in history, and the beginning of a quest for political glory by a man who fought his way to the top using only his voice—defeating the most daunting figures in Roman history.
The Conquest of Gaul
Author: Julius Caesar
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1983-02-24
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 1101160470
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe enemy were overpowered and took to flight. The Romans pursued as far as their strength enabled them to run' Between 58 and 50 BC Julius Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and invaded Britain twice, and The Conquest of Gaul is his record of these campaigns. Caesar’s narrative offers insights into his military strategy and paints a fascinating picture of his encounters with the inhabitants of Gaul and Britain, as well as lively portraits of the rebel leader Vercingetorix and other Gallic chieftains. The Conquest of Gaulcan also be read as a piece of political propaganda, as Caesar sets down his version of events for the Roman public, knowing he faces civil war on his return to Rome. Revised and updated by Jane Gardner, S. A. Handford’s translation brings Caesar’s lucid and exciting account to life for modern readers. This volume includes a glossary of persons and places, maps, appendices and suggestions for further reading.
The Last Generation of the Roman Republic
Author: Erich S. Gruen
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 610
ISBN-13: 9780520022386
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAvailable for the first time in paperback, with a new introduction that reviews related scholarship of the past twenty years, Erich Gruen's classic study of the late Republic examines institutions as well as personalities, social tensions as well as politics, the plebs and the army as well as the aristocracy.
Rome's Last Citizen
Author: Rob Goodman
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2012-10-16
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 0312681232
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis biography of Marcus Cato the Younger -- Rome's bravest statesman, an aristocratic soldier, a Stoic philosopher, and staunch defender of sacred Roman tradition -- is rich with resonances for current politics and contemporary notions of freedom.
