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Barry strauss has written another great book about the history of rome. The author makes the case that augustus was the right man for the job.
The riveting story and his readable prose make a wonderful combination. Strauss really succeeds in writing a military history text for the novice historian, or for the historian for whom the military as an evolving organism often feels like a dry subj... Read More
This book covers the lead up to the decisive battle, and the aftermath. The author essentially begins with the death of julius caesar and recounts details of the lives of our three main historical figures, climaxing at the battle of actium, and detail... Read More
The writing never bogs down dn flows well. Highly enjoyable and well researched book.
Cleopatra is one of the three key players profiled in the war that made the roman empire. It covers the interplay over time between antony, cleoopatra and octavian.
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Although actium is universally acknowledged as one the most decisive battles of world history it was actually not until a year ... Read More
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Although actium is universally acknowledged as one the most decisive battles of world history it was actually not until a year later with the final military defeat at alexandria and the wellknown dual suicides of octavian’s rivals that victory was assured
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So we can consider actium partially anticlimactic
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Despite the many advantages anthony and cleopatra had immense treasure naval superiority a larger population and the prestige and cultural superiority of the east in the end diversity was not their strength and a dual rule proved to be too disadvantageous
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This is a fun read but much of it can be gathered from the only two primary sources strauss refers to plutarch and cassius dio
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Strauss chooses to keep the narrative moving at a very brisk pace but uses too much of a popular flare and the reading level feels too high school level
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Though he hits all the key moments and was hamstrung by a dearth of sources the book probably does not offer much in the way of new insight
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The vast majority of the earliest sources dealing with antony and cleopatra are biased in favor of their rival octavian later known as caesar augustus
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Yes they had their weaknesses
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