Author: C. F. Konrad
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Keywords: commentary, historical, sertorius, plutarch
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 1994-05-27
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 080782139X
ISBN-13: 9780807821398

C. F. Konrad provides the first book-length commentary on Plutarch’s Life of Sertorius, the work that has shaped most modern interpretations of the man and his career. Quintus Sertorius (126-73 B.C.) was a political and military leader during the period of turmoil that ended with the Roman Republic’s disintegration just thirty years after his death. A major figure on the losing side in the first civil war (87-82 B.C.), he went to Spain to continue the struggle against the ruling senatorial faction with the help of Roman exiles and the native population. His military skill was much