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Rubicon:

The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Frontcover
243 Rezensionen
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 18.12.2007 - 464 Seiten
In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small border river called the Rubicon and plunged Rome into cataclysmic civil war. Tom Holland’s enthralling account tells the story of Caesar’s generation, witness to the twilight of the Republic and its bloody transformation into an empire. From Cicero, Spartacus, and Brutus, to Cleopatra, Virgil, and Augustus, here are some of the most legendary figures in history brought thrillingly to life. Combining verve and freshness with scrupulous scholarship, Rubicon is not only an engrossing history of this pivotal era but a uniquely resonant portrait of a great civilization in all its extremes of self-sacrifice and rivalry, decadence and catastrophe, intrigue, war, and world-shaking ambition.


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Good overview of end of the Roman Repubic. - Goodreads
good intro to the beginning of our world - Goodreads
An enjoyable and educational read. - Goodreads
Easy to read and keeps you captivated. - Goodreads
The writing is truly exceptional! - Goodreads
His prose and analysis was really well done. - Goodreads

Review: Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Nutzerbericht  - Magdalena - Goodreads

A very complete, fast-paced introduction to Roman history. Tom Holland keeps his (mostly primary) sources and quotes readily available, but adds his own poetic spins to the narrative. Rubicon covers ... Vollständige Rezension lesen

Review: Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Nutzerbericht  - Chase Parsley - Goodreads

Holland's books are really well-written and entertaining although this is not my favorite from him. Excellent research and a fascinating look into one of history's most cataclysmic (and potentially confusing!) time periods. Every voter should know this story. Vollständige Rezension lesen

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Über den Autor (2007)

Tom Holland gained the top degree at Cambridge before earning his Ph.D. at Oxford. An accomplished radio personality in Britain, he has written a highly acclaimed series of adaptations for Radio 4 of Herodotus’s Histories and Virgil’s Aeneid, to be followed by Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and is the author of the novels The Bone Hunter, Slave of My Thirst, and Lord of the Dead.


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