Sextus Pompeius
Seiten
2002
Classical Press of Wales (Verlag)
978-0-7156-3127-0 (ISBN)
Classical Press of Wales (Verlag)
978-0-7156-3127-0 (ISBN)
Sextus Pompeius, the son of Pompey the Great, is reassessed in this collection of seven studies as a figure whose actions and image shaped not just the civil war period but the character of the early Principate.
The son of Pompey the Great casts a long shadow. Acclaimed by the Roman populace in his lifetime, his traditional virtues and military successes put to shame his civil-war rival Octavian. After his death, he was passionately and safely abused by Octavian and poets as a marginal nuisance, a pirate. The image of a 'second rank' figure has been propagated into recent times by Syme and Zanker. But extensive ancient evidence makes possible a very different story. Here seven new studies from an international cast reconstruct a figure whose actions and image shaped not just the civil war period but the character of the early Principate.
The son of Pompey the Great casts a long shadow. Acclaimed by the Roman populace in his lifetime, his traditional virtues and military successes put to shame his civil-war rival Octavian. After his death, he was passionately and safely abused by Octavian and poets as a marginal nuisance, a pirate. The image of a 'second rank' figure has been propagated into recent times by Syme and Zanker. But extensive ancient evidence makes possible a very different story. Here seven new studies from an international cast reconstruct a figure whose actions and image shaped not just the civil war period but the character of the early Principate.
Anton Powell is author of Athens and Sparta and of studies in the politics of Latin poetry. Kathryn Welch has published numerous papers on the politics of late-Republican Rome. Powell and Welch have previously collaborated in editing Julius Caesar as Artful Reporter (CPW and Duckworth, 1998).
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.12.2002 |
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Co-Autor | Alain M. Gowing, etc. |
Zusatzinfo | 14 b/w pls |
Verlagsort | Swansea |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 673 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7156-3127-6 / 0715631276 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7156-3127-0 / 9780715631270 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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