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These new essays comprise the first collective study of Lucan and his epic poem that focuses specifically on points of contact between his text and the cultural, literary, and historical environments in which he lived and wrote. The <i>Bellum Civile</i>, Lucan's poetic narrative of the monumental civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey Magnus, explores the violent foundations of the Roman principate and the Julio-Claudian dynasty. The poem, composed more than a century later during the reign

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Author

Laura Zientek (editor), Mark Thorne (editor)

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781350193727

Category

history

Subjects

History, Literary Fiction, Literary Collections

Updated

2026-03-25