Magnus Pius: Sextus Pompeius and the Transformation of the Roman Republic (Roman Culture in an Age of Civil War) by Kathryn WelchEnglish | December 1, 2012 | ISBN: 1905125445 | True PDF | 350 pages | 20.2 MB
Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius, son of Pompey the Great, fits uneasily into narratives of Rome's civil war of 49-31BC. Ronald Syme, father of international orthodoxy, stated that Sextus was 'in reality an adventurer' who was 'easily represented as a pirate'. He was wrong.