Sextus Pompeius
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The son of Pompey the Great casts a long shadow. Acclaimed by the Roman populace in his lifetime, his traditional virtues and military successes put to shame his civil-war rival Octavian. After his death, he was passionately and safely abused by Octavian and poets as a marginal nuisance, a pirate. The image of a 'second rank' figure has been propagated into recent times by Syme and Zanker. But extensive ancient evidence makes possible a very different story. Here seven new studies from an international cast reconstruct a figure whose actions and image shaped not just the civil war period but the character of the early Principate.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Anton Powell
Acknowledgements
1. Both Sides of the Coin: Sextus Pompeius and the So-Called Pompeiani - Kathryn Welch
2. Sextus Pompeius and the Res Publica in 42-39 BC - Kathryn Welch
3. Sextus Pompeius and Spain: 46-44 BC - Benedict J. Lowe
4. 'An Island Amid the Flame': The Strategy and Imagery of Sextus Pompeius, 43-36 BC - Anton Powell
5. Sextus Pompeius, Octavianus and Sicily - Shelley C. Stone III
6. Pompeian and Scribonian Descendants in the Early Empire - Hugh Lindsay
7. Pirates, Witches and Slaves: The Imperial Afterlife of Sextus Pompeius - Alain M. Gowing
8. Horace and the Pirates - Lindsay Watson
9. Magno Proles Indigna Parente: The Role of Sextus Pompeius in Lucan's Bellum Civile - Charles Tesoriero
10. Lucan's Sextus Pompeius Episode: Its Necromantic, Political and Literary Background - Daniel Ogden
Coinage (Plates 1-14)
Index
Acknowledgements
1. Both Sides of the Coin: Sextus Pompeius and the So-Called Pompeiani - Kathryn Welch
2. Sextus Pompeius and the Res Publica in 42-39 BC - Kathryn Welch
3. Sextus Pompeius and Spain: 46-44 BC - Benedict J. Lowe
4. 'An Island Amid the Flame': The Strategy and Imagery of Sextus Pompeius, 43-36 BC - Anton Powell
5. Sextus Pompeius, Octavianus and Sicily - Shelley C. Stone III
6. Pompeian and Scribonian Descendants in the Early Empire - Hugh Lindsay
7. Pirates, Witches and Slaves: The Imperial Afterlife of Sextus Pompeius - Alain M. Gowing
8. Horace and the Pirates - Lindsay Watson
9. Magno Proles Indigna Parente: The Role of Sextus Pompeius in Lucan's Bellum Civile - Charles Tesoriero
10. Lucan's Sextus Pompeius Episode: Its Necromantic, Political and Literary Background - Daniel Ogden
Coinage (Plates 1-14)
Index
Product details
| Published | 31 May 2002 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 285 |
| ISBN | 9780715631270 |
| Imprint | Classical Press of Wales |
| Illustrations | 14 b/w pls |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Publisher | The Classical Press of Wales |
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