Aemilius Paullus (Routledge Revivals): Conqueror Of Greece
Routledge
ISBN13:
9780415749282
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Lucius Aemilius Paullus was largely responsible for the inclusion of Greece in the growing empire of the Republic. He is most often presented as a man of pristine virtue and philhellenic persuasion, but this image has clouded his personality as well as the events in which he was involved. Aemilius Paullus: Conqueror of Greece, first published in 1988, aims to construct an accurate picture of the soldier and politician by scrutiny of the main sources - Livy, Plutarch and Polybius (the last of whom worked under the direct patronage of Paullus). The Polybian concepts of the statesman and the conqueror, Livy's portrayal of a man schooled in the mos maiorum and Plutarch's moralistic use of the image of Paullus for didactic purposes are each investigated. The author shows how each writer moulds a Paullus according to his own preconceptions, and suggests that he may have been little more than a competent general and politician.
- | Author: William Reiter
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Jun 12, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 180 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 041574928X
- | ISBN-13: 9780415749282
- Author:
- William Reiter
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication Date:
- Jun 12, 2015
- Number of pages:
- 180 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 041574928X
- ISBN-13:
- 9780415749282