Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic

Holland narrates the last decades of the Roman Republic, from the rise of Marius and Sulla through Pompey, Crassus, and Julius Caesar to the Ides of March and the settlement that ends republican government. He treats elections, street violence, provincial commands, and the crossing of the Rubicon as a single political crisis. Character-driven chapters follow how competition among nobles destroyed the rules they claimed to defend. Octavian and Antony appear in the closing movement after Caesar's death. The book is a narrative history, not a monograph on any one campaign.

Bound in dark red buckram, cover printed and blocked in black with a portarit. Red slipcase. (In 2024, signed by the author).