{"product_id":"plutarch-caesar-christopher-pelling-9780198149040","title":"Plutarch Caesar: Translated with an Introduction and Commentary","description":"Plutarch's \u003cem\u003eLife of Caesar\u003c\/em\u003e deals with the best known Roman of them all, Julius Caesar, and his vivid narrative covers most of the major events of the last generation of the Republic, as well as painting an insightful picture of this man who sacrificed everything for power. Pelling's volume gives a new translation of the \u003cem\u003eLife\u003c\/em\u003e together with a full introduction and running commentary on the events it describes. Culminating in the crossing of the Rubicon, Caesar's victory in the Civil War, and finally his assassination on the Ides of March, 44 BC, it goes on to trace the first stages of the new phase of civil war which followed and, in its turn, led to the establishment of the principate. The volume also discusses both the historical and the literary aspects of the \u003cem\u003e Life\u003c\/em\u003e, relating it both to the broader history of the Republic and to Plutarch's other works, especially the \u003cem\u003e Life of Alexander\u003c\/em\u003e with which it forms a pair of \u003cem\u003eParallel Lives\u003c\/em\u003e. A separate section of the Introduction also discusses Shakespeare's adaptation of Plutarch in \u003cem\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/em\u003e, and points out ways in which the subtle remoulding of Plutarch's material can illuminate the techniques and interests of both authors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Pelling,C. B. R. Pelling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198149042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198149040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.50d","brand":"Christopher Pelling","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48152946671871,"sku":"9780198149040","price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_25873f67-265a-4e5f-afae-e537306e874f.jpg?v=1770780262","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plutarch-caesar-christopher-pelling-9780198149040","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}