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Plutarch

 
9780140449341: The Fall of the Roman Republic: Six Lives (Penguin Classics)
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ISBN 10: 0140449345 ISBN 13: 9780140449341
Editorial: Penguin Classics, 2006

Sinopsis

Dramatic artist, natural scientist and philosopher, Plutarch is widely regarded as the most significant historian of his era, writing sharp and succinct accounts of the greatest politicians and statesman of the classical period. Taken from the Lives, a series of biographies spanning the Graeco-Roman age, this collection illuminates the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157-43 bc. Whether describing the would-be dictators Marius and Sulla, the battle between Crassus and Spartacus, the death of political idealist Crato, Julius Caesar's harrowing triumph in Gaul or the eloquent oratory of Cicero, all offer a fascinating insight into an empire wracked by political divisions. Deeply influential on Shakespeare and many other later writers, they continue to fascinate today with their exploration of corruption, decadence and the struggle for ultimate power.

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Acerca del autor

Plutarch (c.50-c.120 AD) was a writer and thinker born into a wealthy, established family of Chaeronea in central Greece. He received the best possible education in rhetoric and philosophy, and traveled to Asia Minor and Egypt. Later, a series of visits to Rome and Italy contributed to his fame, which was given official recognition by the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Plutarch rendered conscientious service to his province and city (where he continued to live), as well as holding a priesthood at nearby Delphi. His voluminous surviving writings are broadly divided into the "moral"works and the Parallel Lives of outstanding Greek and Roman leaders. The former (Moralia) are a mixture of rhetorical and antiquarian pieces, together with technical and moral philosophy (sometimes in dialogue form). The Lives have been influential from the Renaissance onwards.

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Editorial
Penguin Classics
Año de publicación
2006
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0140449345
ISBN 13 
9780140449341
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Número de páginas
464
Editor
Seager Robin
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9780140440843: Fall Of The Roman Republic: Six Lives, Marius, Sulla, Crassus, Pompey, Caesar, Cicero (Penguin Classics)

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ISBN 10:  0140440844 ISBN 13:  9780140440843
Editorial: Penguin Classics, 1973
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