a magnificent new translation of the enduring epic about the sundering of the roman republiclucan lived from 3965 ad at a time of great turbulence in rome his civil war portrays two of the most colorful and powerful figures of the agejulius caesar and pompey the great enemies in a vicious struggle for power that severed bloodlines and began the transformation of roman civilization with right locked in combat with might law and order broke down and the anarchic violence that resulted left its mark on the roman people forever paving the way for the imperial monarchy accessible and modern yet loyal to the rhetorical brilliance of the original this will be the definitive civil warof our timesfor more than seventy years penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the englishspeaking world with more than 1700 titles penguin classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as uptodate translations by awardwinning translators