La Conquista del Peru

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Tocó a Publio Virgilio Marón (70-19 a.C.) ser, al mismo tiempo, testigo y artífice de uno de los momentos singulares de la historia de Roma: el fin de la República y el advenimiento y consolidación del Principado augustal. Es, por otra parte, el poeta más celebrado de la latinidad, leído y valorado desde la Antigüedad Clásica hasta nuestros días. Ya el poeta T. S. Eliot, en una conferencia memorable que pronunciara en Londres –titulada «¿Qué es un clásico?»–, definió al autor de la Eneida como el clásico por antomasia, ya que sirvió como canon o paradigma de lo poético...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Los propósitos del autor al escribir este libro se cifran en el afán de presentar la vida de las naciones según los hechos que en común les atañen: la Revolución rusa, la depresión económica de Estados Unidos, las dos grandes guerras y los experimentos atómicos, hechos que han tenido una gran repercusión en toda la humanidad.