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by Plutarch (Author), Robin Seager (Editor), Rex Warner (Translator) "The biography of Marius is one of the least satisfactory of Plutarch's Roman lives from the historian's point of view ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd.; New impression edition (25 Oct 1973)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140440844
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140440843
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Brings together biographical sketches of six men who lived during the period of foreign and civil war that marked the collapse of the Roman Republic.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Crash course of democracy, 20 Feb 2005
By Heino Viik "Heino" (Tallinn, Estonia) - See all my reviews
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This is the collection of biographies of Marius, Sulla, Crassus, Pompey, Caesar and Cicero. Plutarch tells us how these powerful men used Roman democracy for pushing their personal agendas. The pattern kept repeating: our hero finds allies and strikes alliances, gains power, gets provinces and armies voted for himself and for his friends, eventually ambitions clash and the dictator emerges through armed conflict. Many lessons on nature of man can be learned from this book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Entertainment factor, Five stars; Lack of index, minus one, 19 Jul 2009
By F. S. L'hoir (Irvine, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fall of the Roman Republic (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
If one merely wants to read an awfully good biography of some of the makers of history during the last generation of the Roman Republic, one cannot go wrong with Rex Warner's translation of Plutarch's Lives of Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Crassus, Caesar and Cicero. Each "Life" is full to the brim of goodies (Even the skimpy life of Marius has its magnificent moments, such as the Cimbri women strangling their children and stabbing themselves rather than surrender to the Romans; or Marius with his Bardyae goons, who laugh when he laughs and kill when he doesn't laugh [Godfather material!], and my favorite bit in the life of Marius is when he is tryihg to make a deal with the angry Senate at the front door of his house and his tribune Saturninus at the back door--running back and forth between the two, excusing himself each time, pretending that he has diarrhea. ["Terribly sorry, the sardines I ate at lunch must have been off!"; the subtext, not Warner].

This book is full of wonderful anecdotes that render the story of ancient Rome so entertaining.

As with the Penquin edition of "The Age of Alexander," however, the editors have skimped and not provided an index (which I notice Oxford has done) and therefore have made the book a pain to use in undergraduate classes. Again, the cover has been tarted up, but no effort has been made to facilitate students in looking up the multifarious characters in each of the lives.

Well, I'm cross with Penguin, but not with Rex Warner's splendidly readable translation!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Plutarchs most dedicated biography, 5 Jul 2003
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Having purchased several of Plutarch's work as companions to study courses, I must say that this is the most thorough and accurate of his compiled works. There is always a certain degree of anecdote and humour to his work but these biographies of the six men responsible for the fall of the Roman Republic seems to be a more serious affair. A must for anyone interested in Rome and the rise of Caesar.
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