{"title":"Robin Seager","description":"Robin Seager is Reader in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Liverpool. He has previously lectured at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of New England, Armidale and Langford Eminent Scholar Chair at Florida State University. His previous books include Tiberius (1972) and Ammianus Marcellinus, Seven Studies in His Language and Thought (1986).","products":[{"product_id":"pompey-the-great-paperback","title":"Pompey the Great - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePompey the Great\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePompey the Great was one of the most important military commanders and politicians in the history of the Roman republic. 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Seager notes that no full-length treatment of Tiberius' rule in English had appeared since C. Marsh's 1931 study, despite major advances in scholarship. Over the ensuing decades, discoveries in epigraphy and papyrology, along with a steady stream of research on particular aspects of Tiberius' life, reshaped the historical landscape and underscored the need for a fresh synthesis. His biography responds to this gap, aiming to integrate political, social, and personal dimensions into a narrative that reflects both the complexity of the evidence and the importance of the reign itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seager also defends the imperial biography as a valid scholarly form. Some critics have suggested that biography of rulers is either obsolete or misleading, but in the case of Tiberius such an approach is unavoidable. The political and social development of the Roman Empire under his rule was inseparably bound up with the character and personal history of its leader. Tiberius' policies, his relationship with the Senate, his military background, and his gradual retreat from Rome all reveal the close interdependence of individual temperament and imperial institutions. By situating the emperor within this dynamic, Seager argues that neither the history of the empire nor the life of Tiberius can be understood in isolation. His work thus offers not just a portrait of one man but an exploration of how personality and power intertwined at a formative stage of the Roman imperial system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. 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