Marcus Furius Camillus: The Life of Rome's Second Founder - Couverture rigide

Hyden, Marc

 
9781399055789: Marcus Furius Camillus: The Life of Rome's Second Founder
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 139905578X ISBN 13 : 9781399055789
Editeur : Pen & Sword Military, 2023

Synopsis

This is the only modern biography of Marcus Furius Camillus currently available in English.

Camillus served as a censor, was elected to six consular tribuneships, appointed dictator five times, and enjoyed four triumphs. He toppled mighty Veii, ejected the Senones from Rome following its sacking, and helped orchestrate a grand compromise between the patricians and plebeians. The Romans even considered him Rome's second founder - a proud appellation for any Roman - and revered him for being an exemplar of Roman virtue. Interestingly, he never held the consulship. Plutarch stated that Camillus had avoided it on purpose, and for good reason. The office was often at the heart of controversy, given that patricians dominated it for most of Camillus' life.

The appointment of a dictator was an emergency measure taken only in the direst of situations and the fact that Camillus was repeatedly appointed speaks of a period when the young Republic was surrounded by enemies and still fighting for survival. Without Camillus' efforts the city may never have fulfilled its great destiny. Marc Hyden sifts the fragmentary and contradictory sources and, while acknowledging that much legend and exaggeration quickly accrued around Camillus' name, presents the story of this remarkable life as the ancient Romans knew it.

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À propos de l?auteur

Marc Hyden is the Director of State Government Affairs at a Washington DC-based think tank, and he graduated from Georgia State University with a degree in philosophy. He has had a long-standing fascination with ancient Rome and has written extensively on various aspects of its history. He is also the author of 'Gaius Marius: The Rise and Fall of Rome's Saviour' (Pen & Sword, 2017).

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Éditeur
Pen & Sword Military
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
139905578X
ISBN 13 
9781399055789
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
272
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