Aemilius Paullus: Conqueror of Greece - Couverture rigide

Reiter, William

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415749271 ISBN 13 : 9780415749275

Editeur : Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

Aemilius Paullus: Conqueror of Greece, first published in 1988, aims to construct an accurate picture of this reknowned soldier and politician by scrutiny of the main sources - Livy, Plutarch and Polybius (the last of whom worked under the direct patronage of Paullus). The author shows how each writer moulds a Paullus according to his own preconceptions, and suggests that he may have been little more than a competent general and politician.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Lucius Aemilius Paullus was largely responsible for the inclusion of Greece in the growing empire of the Republic. He is most often presented as a man of pristine virtue and philhellenic persuasion, but this image has clouded his personality as well as the events in which he was involved.

Aemilius Paullus: Conqueror of Greece, first published in 1988, aims to construct an accurate picture of the soldier and politician by scrutiny of the main sources – Livy, Plutarch and Polybius (the last of whom worked under the direct patronage of Paullus). The Polybian concepts of the statesman and the conqueror, Livy’s portrayal of a man schooled in the mos maiorum and Plutarch’s moralistic use of the image of Paullus for didactic purposes are each investigated. The author shows how each writer moulds a Paullus according to his own preconceptions, and suggests that he may have been little more than a competent general and politician.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415749271
• ISBN 13: 9780415749275
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 172
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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