01775cam a22003493u 4500 602 UtSlPG 20260610133033.0 m cr n 260607r1996||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PA Lucan, 39-65 Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 1996 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharsalia Bellum Civile Release date is 1996-07-01 Produced by Douglas B. Killings "Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars" by Lucan is a Roman epic poem written around AD 61-65. This unfinished work chronicles the brutal civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great, culminating in the decisive Battle of Pharsalus. Lucan abandons traditional divine intervention, focusing instead on human ambition and the destruction of Roman liberty. Through ten surviving books, the poet follows Caesar's ruthless march from the Rubicon to Egypt, while Pompey struggles against fate. The work remained incomplete when Lucan was forced to suicide in AD 65. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Epic poetry, Latin -- Translations into English Rome -- History -- Civil War, 49-45 B.C. -- Poetry Pharsalus, Battle of, Farsala, Greece, 48 B.C. -- Poetry https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/602 42729 42729