Rubicon

Paperback. Pub Date: 2007 Pages: 1 Publisher: Hachette Audio The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history What began as a small community of Peasants Camped Among Marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world. Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness - the same greatness which would herald the catastrophe of its fall. It is a story of incomparable drama. This was the century of Julius Caesar. the gambler whose addiction to glory led him to the banks of the Rubicon. and beyond; of Cicero. whose defence of freedom would make him a byword for eloquence; of Spartacus. the slave who dared to challenge a superpower; of Cleopatra. the queen who did the same. Tom Holland ings to life this strange and unsettling civilization. with its extremes of ambition and self-sacrifice. bloodshed and desire. Yet alien as it was. the Republ...