Catiline / Barbara Levick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levick, Barbara, author.

Series:

Ancients in action

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catiline, approximately 108 B.C.-62 B.C.

Catiline.

Rome--History--Conspiracy of Catiline, 65-62 B.C.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 134 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.

Summary:

Short and accessible introductions to major figures of the ancient world, depicting the essentials of each subject's life and significance for later western civilization. Like Guy Fawkes in early seventeenth-century Britain, L Sergius Catilina was a threat to his state's constitution. His aim at first was to reach supreme power in Rome by conventional means, but he lacked the money and support to do this, unlike his contemporaries of greater means and talent: Cicero and Pompey. Having been defeated three times, Catiline took to revolution with a substantial following: destitute farmers, impoverished landowners, discontented Italian's and debtors of all kinds. Hut they could not stand up to the forces of law and order and the rebellion was quashed. Because of the ongoing controversy, the personalities involved and the distinction of Cicero and Sallust, who wrote about it, this episode remains one of the most significant in late Republican history. This is an energetic and appealing overview of the events, their sources, and the arguments of modern historians. Accessible for students, hut useful also for more experienced scholars, this is the perfect introduction not only to a specific historical episode, but also to the problems of tackling ancient sources as evidence. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Prologue: An Italian City under Roman Siege 1

2 Rome after Sulla 9

3 Politicians and their Problems 19

4 Catiline's 'First Conspiracy' 66-64 35

5 The Catilinarian Conspiracy of 63 41

6 The Aftermath of Catiline: Cicero's Struggle to Survive 87

7 Historiography and Villainy 109.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1472534891

9781472534897

OCLC:

882530972

Publisher Number:

99962614560