Plutarch's Life of Caesar 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 Life 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 Life, relating it both to the broader history of the Republic and to Plutarch's other works, especially the Life of Alexander with which it forms a pair of Parallel Lives. A separate section of the Introduction also discusses Shakespeare's adaptation of Plutarch in Julius Caesar, and points out ways in which the subtle remoulding of Plutarch's material can illuminate the techniques and interests of both authors.
Christopher Pelling is Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University.
LIST OF MAPS ; ABBREVIATIONS ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. Plutarch and the Caesars ; 2. TheLife of Caesar ; a) Biography and History ; b) Alexander and Caesar: Pair and Series ; 3. Sources and Methods ; a) Gathering the Material ; b) The Sources ; c) Remoulding the Material ; 4. Plutarch and Roman Politics ; 5. Caesar and Julius Caesar: Plutarch and Shakespeare ; TRANSLATION ; COMMENTARY ; INDEXES ; Names ; General Index
a commentary that will remain an indispensable resource for historians and historiographers alike â and which constitutes something of a reproof to anyone insisting that history and historiography are incompatible enterprises.
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Christopher Pelling, Christopher Pelling, Oxford) Pelling, Christopher (Fellow and Praelector in Classics, Fellow and Praelector in Classics, University College
Christopher Pelling, Maria Wyke, Oxford University) Pelling, Christopher (Regius Professor of Greek, University College London) Wyke, Maria (Professor of Latin
Christopher Stray, Christopher Stray, Christopher Pelling, Stephen Harrison, Swansea University) Stray, Christopher (Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Classics, Ancient History, and Egyptology, Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Classics, Ancient History, and Egyptology, University of Oxford) Pelling, Christopher (Emeritus Regius Professor of Greek, Emeritus Regius Professor of Greek, University of Oxford) Harrison, Stephen (Professor of Latin Literature and Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Corpus Christi College, Professor of Latin Literature and Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Corpus Christi College
KRAUS ET AL, Kraus Et Al, Christina S. Kraus, John Marincola, Christopher Pelling, Yale University) Kraus, Christina S. (Professor of Classics, Florida State University) Marincola, John (Leon Golden Professor of Classics, University of Oxford) Pelling, Christopher (Regius Professor of Greek
Christopher Pelling, Maria Wyke, Oxford University) Pelling, Christopher (Regius Professor of Greek, University College London) Wyke, Maria (Professor of Latin
Elton Barker, Stefan Bouzarovski, Christopher Pelling, Leif Isaksen, The Open University) Barker, Elton (Reader in Classical Studies, Reader in Classical Studies, University of Manchester) Bouzarovski, Stefan (Professor of Geography, Professor of Geography, University of Oxford) Pelling, Christopher (Professor of Greek, Professor of Greek, Lancaster University) Isaksen, Leif (Senior Lecturer in History and Digital Humanities