Author:
Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith.
Publisher:New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010.
Description:vi, 470 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 418-454) and index.
Note:The two lands -- The "she-wolf" : Rome's Republic -- The Ptolemies -- The orator, the spendthrift and the pirates -- The oboe player -- Adolescent -- The return of the king -- Candidate -- "The new sibling-loving gods" -- Tribune -- Queen -- Civil war -- Caesar -- Master of horse -- Not king, but Caesar -- Consul -- "One of three" -- Goddess -- Vengeance -- Dionysus and Aphrodite -- Crisis -- Invasion -- "Lover of her fatherland" -- "India and Asia tremble" : the grand expedition -- Queen of kings -- "Is she my wife?" -- War -- Actium -- "A fine deed" -- Conclusion: History and the great romance.
Note:In this dual biography of the two great lovers of antiquity, historian Adrian Goldsworthy goes beyond myth and romance to create a portrait of his subjects--who were first and foremost political animals.
