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Tag: De Bello Civile

Lucan

Posted on July 23, 2022
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Who was Lucan? In preparation for a short series of extracts from his poem on the civil war that followed Caesar’s crossing of the Rubicon, read about him in his poet page here.

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Lucan ‘s De Bello Civile – “On the Civil War”

Posted on July 23, 2022
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In the coming days Pantheon Poets will be posting a short series of extracts from Lucan’s poem. Lucan, forced to commit suicide in his mid-twenties by the Emperor Nero, pulls no punches on his account of the struggle between Julius Caesar and his adversary, Pompey the Great. As a prelude, read more about Lucan and his work on his poet page here.

Posted in BlogTagged De Bello Civile, Julius Caesar, Lucan, Nero

Pompey and Caesar

Posted on July 25, 2022
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As civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great threatens, the poet Lucan sums up the two protagonists.

See and hear the Latin and follow in Engish here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

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The oak and the thunderbolt

Posted on July 25, 2022
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As civil war threatens, the poet Lucan sums up the protagonists: Pompey (pictured) has popularity, authority and the advantages of a mighty reputation, but Caesar has something more.

See and hear Lucan’s Latin from his De Bello Civile and follow in English here.

Posted in BlogTagged De Bello Civile, Julius Caesar, Lucan, Pompey
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