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Author Fezzi, Luca, author.

Title Crossing the Rubicon : Caesar's decision and the fate of Rome / Luca Fezzi ; translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 340 pages) : maps
Contents List of maps -- A note on the text -- Translator's note -- A note on sources -- Maps -- Prologue -- PART I: BACKGROUND. 1. The stage and its main characters -- 2. Plots and scandals -- 3. The arrival of the 'first triumvirate' -- 4. Caesar, Gaul and Rome -- PART II: ROME IN CHAOS. 5. From the death of Clodius to a sole consul -- 6. Winner in a tight corner -- 7. Winds of civil war -- PART III: FROM THE RUBICON TO THE SURRENDER OF ROME. 8. The Rubicon -- 9. The escape from Rome -- 10. Caesar's 'long march' and Pompey's flight to Brundisium -- 11. In Caesar's hands -- 12. The battle fought, the res publica and the city -- Glossary -- Chapter notes -- Bibliography and further notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index
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, for help. But Pompey's response was unexpected: he commanded magistrates and senators to abandon Rome-a city that, until then, had always been defended. The consequences were the ultimate crisis of the Roman Republic and the rise of Caesar's autocracy. In this new history, Luca Fezzi argues that Pompey's actions sealed the Republic's fate. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, including Cicero's extensive letters, Fezzi shows how Pompey's decision shocked the Roman people, severely weakened the city, and set in motion a chain of events that allowed Caesar to take power. Seamlessly translated by Richard Dixon, this book casts fresh light on the dramatic events of this crucial moment in ancient Roman history
Notes Originally published in Italian as Il dado è tratto : Cesare e la resa di Roma by Gius. Laterza & Figli, ©2017
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record; online resource viewed June 3, 2021
Subject Caesar, Julius
Pompey, the Great, 106 B.C.-48 B.C.
SUBJECT Caesar, Julius fast
Pompey, the Great, 106 B.C.-48 B.C. fast
Subject Politics and government
SUBJECT Rome -- History -- Civil War, 49-45 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115123
Rome -- Politics and government -- 265-30 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115180
Subject Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Dixon, Richard, translator.
ISBN 9780300249026
0300249020
Other Titles Dado è tratto. English