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Title

Plutarch Caesar / translated with an introduction and commentary by Christopher Pelling.

Author

Plutarch

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description
• Table of contents
• Table of contents

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Additional Authors

Pelling, C. B. R.

Description

xix, 519 p. : maps; 23 cm.

Summary

"Plutarch's Life of Caesar deals with the best known Roman of them all, Julius Caesar, and his vivid narrative covers most of the major events of the last generation of the Republic, as well as painting an insightful picture of this man who sacrificed everything for power. Pelling's volume gives a new translation of the Life together with a full introduction and running commentary on the events it describes. Culminating in the crossing of the Rubicon, Caesar's victory in the Civil War, and finally his assassination on the Ides of March, 44 BC, it goes on to trace the first stages of the new phase of civil war which followed and, in its turn, led to the establishment of the principate. The volume also discusses both the historical and the literary aspects of the Life, relating it both to the broader history of the Republic and to Plutarch's other works, especially the Life of Alexander with which it forms a pair of Parallel Lives. A separate section of the Introduction also discusses Shakespeare's adaptation of Plutarch in Julius Caesar, and points out ways in which the subtle remoulding of Plutarch's material can illuminate the techniques and interests of both authors."--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

Clarendon ancient history series

Uniform Title

• Caesar. English
• Clarendon ancient history series.

Alternative Title

Caesar.

Subjects

• Heads of state > Rome > Biography
• Caesar, Julius
• Plutarch > Caesar

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language (note)

• Translated from the Ancient Greek.

Contents

Plutarch and the Caesars -- TheLife of Caesar: Biography and History ; Alexander and Caesar: Pair and Series. -- Sources and Methods: Gathering the Material ; The Sources ; Remoulding the Material. -- Plutarch and Roman Politics -- Caesar and Julius Caesar: Plutarch and Shakespeare.

Call Number

JFD 13-3119

ISBN

• 9780198149040 (hbk.)
• 0198149042 (hbk.)
• 9780199608355 (pbk.)
• 0199608350 (pbk.)

LCCN

2011276736

OCLC

772240772

Author

Plutarch.

Title

Plutarch Caesar / translated with an introduction and commentary by Christopher Pelling.

Imprint

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Series

Clarendon ancient history series

Clarendon ancient history series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language

Translated from the Ancient Greek.

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Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

Table of contents only

Table of contents

Table of contents

Added Author

Pelling, C. B. R., writer of added commentary.

Translation of: Plutarch. Lives. Caesar.

Research Call Number

JFD 13-3119