How To Stop A Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide To Saving A Repub

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Nombre: How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
Marca: Princeton University Press

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Review

"An awesome book about the Catiline conspiracy."---Rep. Jamie Raskin, Axios

"[A] cautionary warning for our own volatile and perilous political moment. ... Osgoods clear, engaging translation of Sallusts The War Against Catiline brings vital aid from the past to the present."---Emily Katz Anhalt, Arts Fuse

"Rings uncomfortably familiar"---Mark Danner, New York Review of Books

Product Description

An energetic new translation of an ancient Roman masterpiece about a failed coup led by a corrupt and charismatic politician

In 63 BC, frustrated by his failure to be elected leader of the Roman Republic, the aristocrat Catiline tried to topple its elected government. Backed by corrupt elites and poor, alienated Romans, he fled Rome while his associates plotted to burn the city and murder its leading politicians. The attempted coup culminated with the unmasking of the conspirators in the Senate, a stormy debate that led to their execution, and the defeat of Catiline and his legions in battle. In How to Stop a Conspiracy, Josiah Osgood presents a brisk, modern new translation of the definitive account of these events, Sallusts The War with Catilinea brief, powerful book that has influenced how generations of readers, including Americas founders, have thought about coups and political conspiracies.

In a taut, jaw-dropping narrative, Sallust pleasurably combines juicy details about Catiline and his louche associates with highly quotable moral judgments and a wrenching description of the widespread social misery they exploited. Along the way, we get unforgettable portraits of the bitter and haunted Catiline, who was sympathetic to the plight of Romans yet willing to destroy Rome; his archenemy Cicero, who thwarts the conspiracy; and Julius Caesar, who defends the conspirators and is accused of being one of them.

Complete with an introduction that discusses how The War with Catiline has shaped and continues to shape our understanding of how republics live and die, and featuring the original Latin on facing pages, this volume makes Sallusts gripping history more accessible than ever before.

Review

An engaging and highly readable translation of Sallusts War with Catiline. Josiah Osgood does a terrific job of introducing the narrative and underscoring the ways in which it remains useful to think with today.Kathryn Tempest, author of Brutus: The Noble Conspirator

How to Stop a Conspiracy is excellent in all respectsfrom Josiah Osgoods fluid translation of Sallusts War with Catiline to the lucid introduction. Osgood takes a step back from this classic text, and casts a tangle of thorny facts and inferences into a compelling historical narrative that is immediately accessible to the general reader. At every turn, there are (unfortunately) contemporary resonances, especially in U.S. politics.Corey Brennan, author of Sabina Augusta: An Imperial Journey

About the Author

Josiah Osgood is professor and chair of classics at Georgetown University and the author of many books on Roman history, including How to Be a Bad Emperor: An Ancient Guide to Truly Terrible Leaders (Princeton). He lives in Washington, DC.

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-Idioma: Inglés
-Envío: Desde EE. UU.
-Libro Impreso y Nuevo

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Tiempo de entrega: 10 días
Peso del paquete: 1 kg
Medidas: 5 cm x 22 cm x 27 cm cm
Material: Papel
Modelo: 9780691212364
Meses de garantía: 1
Garantía: Por defecto de fabricación
Condición: Nuevo
Color: Multicolor
Nombre de color: Multicolor
ASIN: 0691212368
País de producción: United States
Encuadernado: Pasta dura
Editorial: Princeton University Press
Titulo del libro: How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) (Libro en Inglés)
Autor: Sallust
Fecha de publicación: 2022
Idioma: Inglés
Edición: 1
Número de páginas: 240
ISBN-13: 9780691212364
Edad mínima sugerida: 6
Genero musical: Literatura Universal
Contenido del paquete: 1 pieza
SKU: 9780691212364