Pharsalia
Lucan's take on some guy name of Caesar crossing the Rubicon to duke it out with a volcano -- maybe I have that wrong, but you'll need to read the book to find out.
Lucan's take on some guy name of Caesar crossing the Rubicon to duke it out with a volcano -- maybe I have that wrong, but you'll need to read the book to find out.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781161448177 (1161448179)
Publish date: May 23rd 2010
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Pages no: 314
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
History,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Epic,
War,
Poetry,
Roman,
Ancient
Lucan was a contemporary of Nero, and in fact died at the age of 25 when he slit his own wrists after he was discovered involved in a plot to overthrow the emperor (it seems as if this was a dignified way to die in the early empire). As such Lucan's poem regarding the civil war between Caeser and Po...
I ended up reading this for a paper for my Ancient Rome class. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't had to read it and do the paper all in the same week. I might reread it one day, to see if I would have enjoyed it otherwise. I enjoyed reading Virgil's Aeneid and Cicero's Selected Works,...
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