{"id":987,"date":"2023-02-07T12:15:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T12:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/iancrouchnew\/?page_id=987"},"modified":"2023-03-08T19:33:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T19:33:46","slug":"historical-context","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/iancrouch\/historical-context\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical Context"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"987\" class=\"elementor elementor-987\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a24265 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"2a24265\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f179dc exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"8f179dc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-549878c exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"549878c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/iancrouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1424\/2023\/03\/IanCrouchBanner.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1036\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/iancrouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1424\/2023\/03\/IanCrouchBanner.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/iancrouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1424\/2023\/03\/IanCrouchBanner-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/iancrouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1424\/2023\/03\/IanCrouchBanner-1024x299.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/iancrouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1424\/2023\/03\/IanCrouchBanner-768x224.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7768750 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"7768750\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b460e8 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"8b460e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1afe060 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1afe060\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HISTORICAL CONTEXT<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cde0ea2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"cde0ea2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46265dc exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"46265dc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e598793 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e598793\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The manuscript of A Pyrrhic Victory is fiction, but it is loyal to the known history of Pyrrhus\u2019s life. Many of the supporting characters are also historical figures.<\/p><p>I have tried to be loyal to the history of these times both philosophically and factually\u2014to the great deeds of Alexander the Great and his contemporaries, to the wonderful achievements of classical Greece, and to the Romans, who were nearing their time of greatness in the Mediterranean world.<\/p><p>There are a few small liberties that I have taken with fine historical detail to avoid unnecessary complexity. An example of one of these liberties is my giving the names of Lucius Cornelius Scipio and Gnaeus Fulvius as the consuls of Rome at the time of Pyrrhus\u2019s and Antigone\u2019s wedding in the first volume. These two men were the consuls in 298 BC, but it is possible that they entered their time of office a short time after the wedding. I avoided speaking about the consulship of 299 BC because in that year there was an interregnum of the consulship, with the election of military tribunes with consular power.<\/p><p>Such interregna occurred from time to time in Rome when there was a serious dispute between the patricians and the plebeians, at this time usually related to access to offices of power by the plebeians.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HISTORICAL CONTEXT The manuscript of A Pyrrhic Victory is fiction, but it is loyal to the known history of Pyrrhus\u2019s life. Many of the supporting characters are also historical figures. 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