The Age Of Caesar Five Roman Lives

Author: Plutarch; James Romm (Editor); Pamela Mensch (Translator); Mary Beard (Foreword by)

Stock information

General Fields

  • : 27.95 AUD
  • : 9780393355529
  • : W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
  • : W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
  • :
  • : 0.326587
  • : January 2018
  • : 2.8 Centimeters X 14 Centimeters X 21 Centimeters
  • :
  • : 25.95
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • : books

Special Fields

  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
Barcode 9780393355529
9780393355529

Description

"Plutarch regularly shows that great leaders transcend their own purely material interests and petty, personal vanities. Noble ideals actually do matter, in government as in life." --Michael Dirda, Washington Post


Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names still resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives pose a question that haunts us still: how to safeguard a republic from the flaws of its leaders.


This reader's edition of Plutarch delivers a fresh translation of notable clarity, explanatory notes, and ample historical context in the Preface and Introduction.