UID:
almahu_9949865588802882
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 213 pages) :
,
illustrations
Ausgabe:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9781351006125
,
1351006126
,
9781351006149
,
1351006142
Serie:
Routledge ancient biographies
Inhalt:
This volume examines the life and career of L. Munatius Plancus, and through him, explores the tumultuous final years of the Roman Republic. Plancus had very active and lengthy political career, from his initial appearance on the staff of Julius Caesar in Gaul in 54BC at least through the censorship of 22BC. During this time, he was in close contact for over 30 years with all the major figures during a period of tremendous political and social upheaval in Rome. He maneuvered carefully and cautiously, changing affiliation from boyhood ties to Cicero, to Caesar, to Antony and Cleopatra, and finally to Octavian - it was Plancus himself who proposed the motion whereby the Senate conferred the name "Augustus" on the new ruler of Rome. More than just a biography of this fascinating figure, this volume also offers insight into the politics of this complex period.
Anmerkung:
Chapter 1 The evidence: discontinuity, biases, and hypotheses -- chapter 2 Family and homeland: the Munatii Planci of southern Latium -- chapter 3 Plancus the Caesarian, 54-44: from legate to consul designate -- chapter 4 Plancus without Caesar: proconsul of Gaul, March-December 44 -- chapter 5 Plancus the reluctant warrior: January-July 43 -- chapter 6 Plancus the Antonian: late 43-mid 32 -- chapter 7 Plancus in transition and Horace, Ode 1.7 -- chapter 8 Plancus the Augustan: mid-32-22.
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Biography
;
Biographies
;
History
;
Biographies.
;
Biographies.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351006149
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