Uncommon wrath : how Caesar and Cato's deadly rivalry destroyed the Roman Republic /
Osgood, Josiah, 1974-
Uncommon wrath : how Caesar and Cato's deadly rivalry destroyed the Roman Republic / How Caesar and Cato's deadly rivalry destroyed the Roman Republic Josiah Osgood. - First edition. - v, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-327) and index.
Coming of age in civil war -- Making names for themselves -- Political ambitions -- The conspiracy of Catiline -- Showdown in the forum -- Divorces and marriages -- The consulship of Julius and Caesar -- Cato's triumph -- Gaul -- Cato's medicine -- Civil war -- "Even a victor" -- Anticato -- Requiem for a Republic.
"The story of how the political rivalry between Julius Caesar and Marcus Cato precipitated the end of the Roman Republic. As the champions of two dominant but distinct visions for Rome, Caesar and Cato each represented qualities that had made the Republic strong, but their ideological differences entrenched into enmity and mutual fear." --
1541620119 9781541620117
Caesar, L. Julius active 90 B.C.-43 B.C.
Cato, Marcus Porcius, 95 B.C.-46 B.C.
Rome (Italy)--Politics and government--265-30 B.C.
Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Uncommon wrath : how Caesar and Cato's deadly rivalry destroyed the Roman Republic / How Caesar and Cato's deadly rivalry destroyed the Roman Republic Josiah Osgood. - First edition. - v, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-327) and index.
Coming of age in civil war -- Making names for themselves -- Political ambitions -- The conspiracy of Catiline -- Showdown in the forum -- Divorces and marriages -- The consulship of Julius and Caesar -- Cato's triumph -- Gaul -- Cato's medicine -- Civil war -- "Even a victor" -- Anticato -- Requiem for a Republic.
"The story of how the political rivalry between Julius Caesar and Marcus Cato precipitated the end of the Roman Republic. As the champions of two dominant but distinct visions for Rome, Caesar and Cato each represented qualities that had made the Republic strong, but their ideological differences entrenched into enmity and mutual fear." --
1541620119 9781541620117
Caesar, L. Julius active 90 B.C.-43 B.C.
Cato, Marcus Porcius, 95 B.C.-46 B.C.
Rome (Italy)--Politics and government--265-30 B.C.
Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.