Rome in Crisis: Nine Lives in Plutarch: Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Sertorius, Lucullus, Younger Cato, Brutus, Antony, Galba, O

by Plutarch

Book Overview

Bringing together nine biographies from Plutarch's Parallel Lives series, this edition examines the lives of major figures in Roman history, from Lucullus (118-57 BC), an aristocratic politician and conqueror of Eastern kingdoms, to Otho (32-69 AD), a reckless young noble who consorted with the tyrannical, debauched emperor Nero before briefly becoming a dignified and gracious emperor himself. Ian Scott-Kilvert's and Christopher Pelling's translations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140449167
• ISBN13: 9780140449167
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher