The Fall of the Roman Republic
โ Scribed by Plutarch
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA, Inc.
- Year
- 2008;2005
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 285 KB
- Edition
- Rev. and expanded ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0141925485
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โฆ Synopsis
Rome's famed historian illuminates the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157 to 43 BC in succinct accounts of the greatest politicians and statesmen of the classical period.
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