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1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 45 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Michael Page. |
| Summary |
Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives still haunt us as examples of how the hunger for personal power can overwhelm collective politics, how the exaltation of the military can corrode civilian authority, and how the best intentions can lead to disastrous consequences. Plutarch renders these history-making lives as flesh-and-blood characters, often by deftly marshalling small details such as the care Brutus exercised in his use of money or the disdain Caesar felt for the lofty eloquence of Cicero. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Statesmen -- Rome -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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Generals -- Rome -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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Rome -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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Mensch, Pamela, 1956- translator.
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Romm, James S., editor.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Five Roman lives |
| ISBN |
9781681683782 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1681683784 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11811833 |
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