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Lucan’s third book covers events from March to September 49 B.C.E.; it thus comprises the longest span of narrative time in the Civil War. Beginning with Pompey’s flight from Brundisium to Greece and ending with the Caesarians’ victory at Massilia, the narrative alternates between elements of epic poetry and historical account.
Lucan (M. Annaeus Lucanus, 39–65 CE), son of wealthy M. Annaeus Mela and nephew of Seneca, was born at Corduba (Cordova) in Spain and was brought as a baby to Rome. In 60 CE at a festival in Emperor Nero's honour Lucan praised him in a panegyric and was promoted to one or two minor offices.
Contents. Book I:1-32 The nature of the war. Book I:33-66 Homage to Nero. Book I:67-97 The motives of the leaders. Book I:98-157 Caesar and Pompey. Book I:158-182 The hidden causes of the war. Book I:183-227 Caesar’s crossing of the Rubicon. Book I:228-265 Entry into Ariminum (Rimini)
Lucan was a Roman poet and republican patriot whose historical epic, the Bellum civile, better known as the Pharsalia because of its vivid account of that battle, is remarkable as the single major Latin epic poem that eschewed the intervention of the gods.
1 The great Emathian conqueror' (Milton 's sonnet). Emathia was apart of Macedonia, but the word is used loosely for Thessaly or Macedonia.. 2 Crassus had been defeated and slain by the Parthians in B.C. 53, fouryears before this period.. 3 Mr. Froude in his essay entitled 'Divus Caesar' hints that these famous lines may have been written in mockery. Probably the five years known as the Golden ...
The Civil War: Pharsalia. Book I The Civil War begins. Book II Pompey in retreat. Book III Conflict in the Mediterranean. Book IV Victory for Caesar in Spain. Book V Caesar the dictator in Illyria. Book VI Thessaly: Erichtho the witch. Book VII Pharsalia: 'a whole world died'. Book VIII The death of Pompey.
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