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Subject(s)

• Pompey the Great 106 B.C.-48 B.C. [Browse]
• Consuls, Roman—Biography [Browse]
• Generals—Rome—Biography [Browse]
• Rome—History—Republic, 265-30 B.C. [Browse]

Series

• Routledge revivals. [More in this series]
• Routledge Revivals

Summary note

To Romans of later generations the three decades between the dictatorships of Sulla and of Caesar were the age of Pompey the Great. In spite of the central role he played in Roman history, he remains a shadowy figure compared with the likes of Caesar and Cicero.Pompey the Great, first published in 1978, traces the career of this enigmatic character from his first appearance in public life on the staff of his father Strabo during the Social War, through his early military campaigns as Sulla's lieutenant in the Civil War 83-82, as the Senate's general in Italy and Spain during t

Notes

First published in 1978 by Croom Helm Ltd.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. The War-Lords of Picenum: Social and Civil War 89-79; 2. The Senate's General: Italy and Spain 78-71; 3. Consul and Proconsul: Rome and the Pirates 70-66; 4. Conqueror of the East: the New Empire 66-62; 5. The New Challenge: Politics at Rome 67-60; 6. The Coalition with Caesar: Corn Commission and Second Consulship 59-55; 7. Pompey's 'Principate': Third Consulship and the Rift with Caesar 54-50; 8. Civil War: the Loss of Italy 49
• 9. 'Dead Men Don't Bite': Dyrrachium and Pharsalus January to September 4810. Facile Princeps?; Appendix A The Documentary Sources; Appendix B Selected Passages in Translation; Notes; Select Bibliography of Modern Works; Index Nominum; General Index

ISBN

• 0-415-74735-X
• 1-315-79709-7
• 1-317-75250-3
• 1-317-75251-1
• 9781315797090

OCLC

876293915

Doi

10.4324/9781315797090

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