Crossing the Rubicon : Caesar's decision and the fate of Rome / Luca Fezzi ; translated from the Ita...
Crossing the Rubicon : Caesar's decision and the fate of Rome / Luca Fezzi ; translated from the Ita...
Crossing the Rubicon : Caesar's decision and the fate of Rome / Luca Fezzi ; translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019.
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G 2020/0187
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English
Italian
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Physical content
xviii, 339 pages ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
A dramatic account of the fateful year leading to the ultimate crisis of the Roman Republic and the rise of Caesar's autocracy. When the Senate ordered Julius Caesar, conqueror of Gaul, to disband his troops, he instead marched his soldiers across the Rubicon River, in violation of Roman law. The Senate turned to its proconsul, Pompey the Great, fo...
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Crossing the Rubicon : Caesar's decision and the fate of Rome / Luca Fezzi ; translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon.
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Originally published in Italian as Il dado è tratto : Cesare e la resa di Roma.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2020/0187
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74VKawQK2rab
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKawQK2rab
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ISBN
9780300241457 hardcover
0300241453 hardcover
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937
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991024285717002626
