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<p>Compelled by the emperor Nero to commit suicide at age 25 after writing uncomplimentary poems, Latin poet Lucan nevertheless left behind a significant body of work, including the <i>Bellum Civile</i> (Civil War). Sometimes also called the <i>Pharsalia</i>, this epic describes the war between Julius Caesar and Pompey.Author Giulio Celotto provides an interpretation of this civil war based on the examination of an aspect completely neglected by previous scholarship: Lucan’s literary adaptation
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- Author
- Giulio Celotto
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780472132874
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Rome, Greece
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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