2nd Edition

L. Munatius Plancus Serving and Surviving in the Roman Revolution

By Thomas H. Watkins Copyright 2019
222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

222 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume examines the life and career of L. Munatius Plancus, and through him, explores the tumultuous final years of the Roman Republic. Plancus had very active and lengthy political career, from his initial appearance on the staff of Julius Caesar in Gaul in 54BC at least through the censorship of 22BC. During this time, he was in close contact for over 30 years with all the major figures... Read more

List of figures; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The evidence: discontinuity, biases, and hypotheses; Chapter 2: Family and homeland: the Munatii Planci of southern Latium; Chapter 3: Plancus the Caesarian, 54-44: from legate to consul designate; Chapter 4: Plancus without Caesar: proconsul of Gaul, March-December, 44; Chapter 5: Plancus the reluctant warrior: January-July, 43; Chapter 6: Plancus the Antonian, late 43-mid-32; Chapter 7: Plancus in transition and Horace, Ode 1.7; Chapter 8: Plancus the Augustan, mid-32-22; Epilogue: Perilous prominence: the Tivoli villa, the Temple of Saturn, and the mausoleum through the centuries; Appendix I: L. Licinius Crassus and the Munatii Planci; Appendix II: T. Munatius Plancus Bursa; Bibliography; Index of People; Index of Topics

Biography

Thomas H. Watkins is Emeritus Professor at Western Illinois University, USA, and after his retirement taught Roman history at Virginia Tech for 10 years.

"Making excellent use of available sources, thin as they may be, Watkins has built a surprisingly detailed picture of the man’s life, campaigns, and political career, carefully noting why at times, where evidence is sparse, he makes certain conclusions, such as in the man’s family connections."

- The NYMAS Review: A Publication of The New York Military Affairs Symposium