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Aemilius Paullus (Routledge Revivals): Conqueror of Greece - Routledge Revivals
William Reiter
Lucius Aemilius Paullus was largely responsible for the inclusion of Greece in the growing empire of the Republic. He is most often presented as a man of pristine virtue and philhellenic persuasion, but this image has clouded his personality as well as the events in which he was involved.
Aemilius Paullus: Conqueror of Greece, first published in 1988, aims to construct an accurate picture of the soldier and politician by scrutiny of the main sources ? Livy, Plutarch and Polybius (the last of whom worked under the direct patronage of Paullus). The Polybian concepts of the statesman and the conqueror, Livy?s portrayal of a man schooled in the mos maiorum and Plutarch?s moralistic use of the image of Paullus for didactic purposes are each investigated. The author shows how each writer moulds a Paullus according to his own preconceptions, and suggests that he may have been little more than a competent general and politician.
180 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 18, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780415749275 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 172 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 453 g |
| Language | English |
