{"product_id":"fighting-for-rome-poets-and-caesars-history-and-civil-war-hardback-9780521580267","title":"Fighting for Rome; Poets and Caesars, History and Civil War (Hardback) 9780521580267","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFighting for Rome\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePoets and Caesars, History and Civil War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn examination of the disjunction between the militaristic culture of classical Rome, and the domination of its history by civil war.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Henderson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521580267, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 March 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm, 0.615 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...the patient reader (even if his or her patience is often tried) will find consistent nuggets of gold. It's what makes Henderson worth reading: it's part of his (c)harm.\"    Classical World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe essays in Fighting for Rome confront the traumatic disjunction between the militarist culture of classical Rome, with its heavy investment in valour, conquest and triumph, and the domination of its history by civil war, where Roman soldiers killed so many Romans for control of Rome. The essays gathered and rewritten here range across the literary forms (history, satire, lyric and epic) and work closely with the ancient texts (Appian and Julius Caesar; Horace; Lucan and Statius; Tacitus and Livy). Close reading and powerful translation communicate the ancient writers' efforts to grasp and respond to the Roman civil wars, and to their product, Roman terror under the Caesars. The book aims to bring to life strong reactions to a world order run by civil war.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Histories of the Civil Wars: 1. Three men in a vote: proscription (Appian, Civil wars 4.1–6)\u003cbr\u003e 2. XPDNC: writing Caesar (On the civil war)\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Horace: 3. On getting rid of kings: Horace, Satires 1.7\u003cbr\u003e 4. Polishing off the politics: Horace's Ode to Pollio (Odes 2.1)\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Epic: 5. Lucan: the word at war\u003cbr\u003e 6. Statius' Thebaid: form (p)remade\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Histories of Rome: 7. Tacitus: the world in pieces\u003cbr\u003e 8. Livy and the invention of history\u003cbr\u003e Date chart\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005668708632,"sku":"9780521580267","price":100.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521580267i_89f84c1d-a593-4b1e-867c-90b4df84fe36.jpg?v=1691370012","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fighting-for-rome-poets-and-caesars-history-and-civil-war-hardback-9780521580267","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}