Taken from Appian's Roman History, the five books collected here form the sole surviving continuous historical narrative of the era between 133-35 BC - a time of anarchy and instability for the Roman Empire. A masterly account of a turbulent epoch, they describe the Catiline conspiracy; the rise and fall of the First Triumvirate; the murder of Julius Caesar; the formation of the Second Triumvirate by Antonius, Octavian, and Lepidus; and brutal civil war. A compelling depiction of the decline of the Roman state into brutality and violence, The Civil Wars portrays political discontent, selfishness and the struggle for power - a struggle that was to culminate in a titanic battle for mastery over the Roman Empire, and the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra by Octavian in 31 BC
Inhaltsverzeichnis
The Civil Wars - Appian Translated with an Introduction by John CarterAcknowledgments
Introduction
Bibliographical Note
Notes on the Translation
Table of Dates
THE CIVIL WARS
Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Notes
Appendix
Maps:
A. Northern and Central Italy
B. Southern Italy and Sicily
C. Greece and the Aegean Basin
D. Provinces and Kingdoms of the East
Index
