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- catalog abstract "In antiquity Lucullus was indisputably accounted a great general, one to be numbered with Sulla and Pompey. This book narrates in detail the great Asiatic campaigns upon which his military repute chiefly rests. But there is a darker side. Another ancient tradition suggests that when the wars were done he became a fatty degenerate, a miserable trifler devoting his time to banquets, baths and the building of follies. Keaveney explodes this myth, arguing that Lucullus' leisure activities were the outward expression of an aesthetic impulse, not simply weak self-indulgence. It is demonstrated, too, that Lucullus was active and influential in public life to the very end of his days. Sulla, one of the republic's great figures, was a seminal influence on the life and political outlook of Lucullus. Lucullus and his friends aimed to carry the Sullan political ideal and constitutional arrangements into the next generation. This book details Lucullus' fight to do this, and shows how and why he ultimately failed. It is suggested that he may be viewed as a paradigm of the age in which he lived. Inheritor of the Sullan ideal, his failure is also its failure - in one man is embodied a whole class and its melancholy fate. This is the first full-length study of this most interesting figure to be undertaken in English. Lucullus: A Life offers a thoroughly revisionist account of the man and his deeds, dispelling many of the wild fictions which have accumulated around his name. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of the Roman republic and culture.".
- catalog contributor b3757048.
- catalog coverage "Rome History Republic, 265 B.C.-30 B.C.".
- catalog coverage "Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C.".
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "In antiquity Lucullus was indisputably accounted a great general, one to be numbered with Sulla and Pompey. This book narrates in detail the great Asiatic campaigns upon which his military repute chiefly rests. But there is a darker side. Another ancient tradition suggests that when the wars were done he became a fatty degenerate, a miserable trifler devoting his time to banquets, baths and the building of follies. Keaveney explodes this myth, arguing that Lucullus' leisure activities were the outward expression of an aesthetic impulse, not simply weak self-indulgence. It is demonstrated, too, that Lucullus was active and influential in public life to the very end of his days. Sulla, one of the republic's great figures, was a seminal influence on the life and political outlook of Lucullus. Lucullus and his friends aimed to carry the Sullan political ideal and constitutional arrangements into the next generation. This book details Lucullus' fight to do this, and shows how and why he ultimately failed. It is suggested that he may be viewed as a paradigm of the age in which he lived. Inheritor of the Sullan ideal, his failure is also its failure - in one man is embodied a whole class and its melancholy fate. This is the first full-length study of this most interesting figure to be undertaken in English. Lucullus: A Life offers a thoroughly revisionist account of the man and his deeds, dispelling many of the wild fictions which have accumulated around his name. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of the Roman republic and culture.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-267) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 275 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0415032199".
- catalog isPartOf "Classical lives".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "Rome History Republic, 265 B.C.-30 B.C.".
- catalog spatial "Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C.".
- catalog spatial "Rome".
- catalog subject "937/.05/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "DG260.L8 K43 1992".
- catalog subject "Generals Rome Biography.".
- catalog subject "Lucullus, approximately 117 B.C.-approximately 56 B. C.".
- catalog subject "Statesmen Rome Biography.".
- catalog title "Lucullus : a life / Arthur Keaveney.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".