Lucan 39-65 creator text utu 1996 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharsalia Bellum Civile Release date is 1996-07-01 Produced by Douglas B. Killings 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 PA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/602 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/602 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133033.0 602