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In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small border river called the Rubicon and plunged Rome into cataclysmic civil war Tom Holland s enthralling account tells the story of Caesar s generation, witness to the twilight of the Republic and its bloody transformation into an empire From Cicero, Spartacus, and Brutus, to Cleopatra, Virgil, and Augustus, here are some of the most legendary figures in history brought thrillingly to life Combining verve and freshness with scrupulous scholarship, Rubicon is not only an engrossing history of this pivotal era but a uniquely resonant portrait of a great civilization in all its extremes of self sacrifice and rivalry, decadence and catastrophe, intrigue, war, and world shaking ambition. Best Read Rubicon [ By ] Tom Holland [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Rather than gesture his men onward, Gaius Julius Caesar instead gazed into the turbid waters of the Rubicon, and said nothing And his mind moved upon silence.The Romans had a word for such a moment Discrimen, they called it an instant of perilous and excruciating tension, when the achievements of an entire lifetime might hang in the balance The career of Caesar, like that of any Roman who aspired to greatness, had been a ...The GoodHolland has an impressive understanding of Ancient Rome and the institutions of the Republic What s , this understanding was apparently acquired under the influence of a passionate enthusiasm for all things related to the Mistress of the Mediterranean and this, combined with his novelist s skills and grasp of language, allows him to whip through the centuries without ever getting hung up upon minutiae or buried beneath the weight of the various personalities who boldly and enerThe GoodHolland has an impressive understanding of Ancient Rome and the institutions of the Republic What s , this understanding was apparently acquired under the influence of a passionate enthusiasm for all things related to the Mistress of the Mediterranean and this, combined with his novelist s skills and grasp of language, allows him to whip through the centuries wi...Armed with the HBO series derived knowledge of ancient Rome, I always used to think myself an expert on the era With a flippant, relaxed and easy telling of the story Holland has just made me evencomfortable in my entertainment based version of the history of Rome It is such a simple story, is it not The whole city has the same sort of people and the direction of the Republic was like one unwavering arrow and everyone stays true to their characters Narrative history is squarely in vogu Armed with the HBO series derived knowledge of ancient Rome, I always used to think myself an expert on the era With a flippant, relaxed and easy telling of the story Holland has just made me evencomfortable in my entertainment based version of the history of Rome It is such a simple story, is it not The whole city has the same sort of people and the direction of the Republic was like one unwavering arrow and everyone stays true to their characters Narrative history is squarely in vog...I know this books wasn t really meant to be read by someone with a classics background, but would it have killed Holland to write a popularized history with a bitrecent historical research in it I will commend him and nearly give him a 3 for presenting the republican romans as the superstitious and religiously conscious lot they were, but that is pretty much ok, and the raunchy details they would have left out where this book diverges from something that could have been written in t I know this books wasn t really meant to be read by someone with a classics back...It is rare that you come across a history book which is suitable for both readers who know a fair amount about the subject and also for those who know virtually nothing, but this is one of those very unusual books To be fair, most people know something about the Roman Empire, but this book fleshes out historical characters that may be just names and puts them in context The book begins with Julius Caesar about to take the supreme gamble of Crossing the Rubicon, and then backtracks to show It is rare that you come across a history book which is suitable for both readers who know a fair amount about the subject and also for those who know virtually nothing, but this is one of those very unusual books To be fair, most people know something about the Roman Empire, but this book fleshes out historical characters that may be j...Rubicon Triumph Tragedy Roman Republic Tom HollandRead by Steven Crossley 13 cds 15.7 hrs unabridged Clipper Audio 2005 42 mp3 0101 _ Clipper Audio _ Rubicon, Last Years of the Roman Republic _ Tom Holland0102 _ Preface _ 49 BC _ Narrated by Steven Crossley0103 _ Preface _ The Die is Cast0108 _ Ch 01 _ The Paradoxical Republic _ Ancestral Voices0115 _...Breezy and brisk, Tom Holland tells the story of the early Roman Republic and the counterintuitive yet inevitable transition to a monarchy in a style that is very easy to read The Roman Republic was founded upon an abhorrence of kings, making the presumption that Rome was destined to be ruled by emperors somewhat hard to swallow Holland, however, makes the case for Roman personal ambition and competetiveness as major motivators for kingship, and also highlights a variety of additional interest Breezy and brisk, Tom Holland tells the story of the early Roman Republic and the counterintuitive yet inevitable transition to a ...In the few days since I finished this book the initial vague feelings of disatisfaction have coalesced into a malignant lump of unfufilled ambition for the book The opening chapter promises so much that the rest of book falls resoundingly flat.In 49 BC, Ceasar crossed the rubicon with his army and thereby ended a proto democracy with dictatorial rule by deified monarchs as the prevalent form of government for the next millenia andWhich is an essentially fascinating question why would suc In the few days since I finished this book the initial vague feelings of disatisfaction have coalesced into a malignant lump of unfufilled ambition for the book The opening chapter promises so much that the rest of book falls resoundingly flat.In 49 BC, Ceasar crossed the rubicon with his army and thereby ended a proto democracy with dictatorial rule by deified monarchs as the prevalent form of government for the next millenia andWhich is an essentially fascinating question why would such a regime switch occur, how are previously robust inst...Roman history is well documented and this book does a great job of retelling their superb history Marius the retired Military hero is appointed commander to fight Rome s enemy Mithridates This angered his former deputy Sulla who had campaigned for that job Sulla then challenged Marius for the job which caused a civil war in Rome Unfortunately Marius died before he could campaign Without his leadership Sulla s forces defeated the remainder of Marius s soldiers Then he marched on Rome and be Roman history is well documented and this book does a great job of retelling their superb history Marius the retired Military hero is appointed commander to fight Rome s enemy Mithridates ...I am of two minds about this book There is no denying that as an overview of the final years of the Roman Republic, running from roughly the time of the Social War to the establishment of the principate, it s a fine achievement Holland takes events which have been recounted many times over the last two thousand years or so, and makes them fresh and interesting, even to someone like myself who has read of themtimes than I care to think about There is a great sense of narrative verve and I am of two minds about this book There is no denying that as an overview of the final years of the Roman Republic, running from roughly the time of the Social War to the establishment of the principate, it s a fine achievement Holland takes events which have been recounted many times over the last two thousand years or so, and makes them fresh and interesting, even to someone like myself who has read of themtimes than I care to t...

Rubicon
  • English
  • 26 December 2017
  • Paperback
  • 464 pages
  • 1400078970
  • Tom Holland
  • Rubicon