Roman Triumvirates
Roman Triumvirates
The Roman Republic died in intrigue and civil war, and its death throes make for some of history's most gripping drama. Charles Merivale, one of Victorian Britain's most distinguished historians, traces the decades-long collapse of republican government through the machinations of men who coveted absolute power. We encounter Caesar's bold crossing of the Rubicon and his devastating military campaigns, Pompey's desperate flight and tragic end, Cato's unbending resistance, and Cicero's eloquent but ultimately futile defense of republican ideals. Merivale gives us Mark Antony undone by his obsession with Cleopatra, and the cold, calculating young Octavius who outlasted them all to become Augustus, Rome's first emperor. This is political history at its most human: ambitious men destroying a system that had governed Rome for centuries, each convinced they could master the chaos they themselves had unleashed.
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