Rome in Crisis

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780140449167
• ISBN10: 0140449167
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-30
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

Indispensible biographies of major figures in Roman history. A mathematician and philosopher, Plutarch was also an acclaimed biographer and historian. Bringing together nine biographies from his Parallel Lives series, Rome in Crisisexamines the lives of some of the most important people in the roman empire- Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Sertorius, Lucullus, Younger Cato, Brutus, Antony, Galba, and Otho, a reckless young noble who consorted with the tyrannical, debauched emperor Nero before briefly becoming emperor himself. Each biography is preceded by an insightful introduction by the distinguished historian Christopher Pelling. Taken together, these portraits provide a wonderfully compelling picture of the ancient world.

Author Biography

Plutarch (AD c. 50-120) was a Greek writer and thinker whose Parallel Lives biographies have been influential since the time of the Renaissance.
Christopher Pelling is Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University.
Ian Scott-Kilvert translated the Penguin Classics editions of Plutarch's Makers of Rome, The Rise and Fall of Athens, Nine Greek Lives, and The Age of Alexander. He died in 1989.

Table of Contents

Penguin Plutarch	p. vii
Preface to the Revised Edition	p. x
Abbreviations	p. xi
General Introduction	p. xv
Further Reading	p. xlvii
Rome in Crisis
The Gracchi	p. 3
Introduction to the Gracchi	p. 5
Tiberius Gracchus	p. 16
Gaius Gracchus	p. 38
Comparison of Agis, Cleomenes and the Gracchi	p. 57
Sertorius	p. 61
Introduction to Sertorius	p. 63
Sertorius	p. 71
Comparison of Sertorius and Eumenes	p. 101
Lucullus	p. 103
Introduction to Lucullus	p. 105
Lucullus	p. 115
Comparison of Cimon and Lucullus	p. 165
Younger Cato	p. 169
Introduction to Younger Cato	p. 171
Younger Cato	p. 182
Brutus	p. 247
Introduction to Brutus	p. 249
Brutus	p. 258
Comparison of Dion and Brutus	p. 309
Antony	p. 313
Introduction to Antony	p. 315
Antony	p. 327
Comparison of Demetrius and Antony	p. 408
Galba and Otho	p. 413
Introduction to Galba and Otho	p. 415
Galba	p. 429
Otho	p. 454
Maps	p. 471
Eastern Empire	p. 472
Italy and Sicily	p. 474
Greece	p. 476
Western Empire	p. 478
Rome	p. 480
Forum	p. 482
Africa	p. 483
Notes	p. 485
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