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The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world. Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness - the same greatness which would herald the catastrophe of its fall. It is a story of incomparable drama. This was the century of Julius Caesar, the gambler whose addiction to glory led him to the banks of the Rubicon, and beyond; of Cicero, whose defence of freedom would make him a byword for eloquence; of Spartacus, the slave who dared to challenge a superpower; of Cleopatra, the queen who did the same. Tom Holland brings to life this strange and unsettling civilization, with its extremes of ambition and self-sacrifice, bloodshed and desire. Yet alien as it was, the Republic still holds up a mirror to us. Its citizens were obsessed by celebrity chefs, all-night dancing and exotic pets; they fought elections in law courts and were addicted to spin; they toppled foreign tyrants in the name of self-defence. Two thousand years may have passed, but we remain the Romans' heirs.
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Rubicon. The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic, Tom Holland
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2013
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- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Tom Holland
- Verlag
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2013
- Einband
- Paperback
- ISBN13
- 9780349138954
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Sozialwissenschaften, Politikwissenschaft, Politik, Altertum, Bürgerkrieg, Rom, Sinti und Roma, Römisches Reich, Altes Rom, Gaius Julius Caesar, Cicero, 106 v. Chr.-43 v. Chr., Spartacus
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 2003
- Originaltitel
- Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic
- Bewertung
- 4,2 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world. Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness - the same greatness which would herald the catastrophe of its fall. It is a story of incomparable drama. This was the century of Julius Caesar, the gambler whose addiction to glory led him to the banks of the Rubicon, and beyond; of Cicero, whose defence of freedom would make him a byword for eloquence; of Spartacus, the slave who dared to challenge a superpower; of Cleopatra, the queen who did the same. Tom Holland brings to life this strange and unsettling civilization, with its extremes of ambition and self-sacrifice, bloodshed and desire. Yet alien as it was, the Republic still holds up a mirror to us. Its citizens were obsessed by celebrity chefs, all-night dancing and exotic pets; they fought elections in law courts and were addicted to spin; they toppled foreign tyrants in the name of self-defence. Two thousand years may have passed, but we remain the Romans' heirs.