Sulla, the last republican / Arthur Keaveney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keaveney, Arthur.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sulla, Lucius Cornelius.

Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Statesmen--Rome--Biography.

Statesmen.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : New York : Routledge, 2005.

Summary:

Sulla rose from poverty and obscurity to become the master of the Roman world. He was not a crude forerunner of the emperors but a statesman who had long pondered the ills that beset Rome. His dictatorship was dedicated to bringing in laws for the better ordering of the Republic. Despite his achievements and his integrity, Sulla's constitution did not last and was swept away within a generation.

In this second edition of Keaveney's biography, the text has been extensively rewritten and the findings of two decades of scholarship have been fully integrated. Written in a lively and entertaining style, designed to satisfy scholars as well as to inform students, the book introduces this pivotal figure of the late republic to a new generation of readers.

Contents:

The world of Sulla

The early years : 138-105 BC

The long road : 104-89 BC

Triumph and disaster : the year 88 BC

Rome's proconsul : the war with Mithridates

Settling scores : Asia and the Cinnans

Rome's first civil war

Sulla dictator : the proscriptions

Sulla dictator : the law and the land

Sulla dictator : the new age

The last years : 79-78 BC

Qualis fuit Sulla?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-225) and index.

ISBN:

0415336600

0415336619

0203371046

OCLC:

56421914