Cornelius Nepos

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Author: Cornelius NeposTitle: Cornelius NeposBinding: HardcoverNumber Of Pages: 368Release Date: 1929-01-01Details: Roman biographies of foreign commanders.Cornelius Nepos was born in Cisalpine Gaul but lived in Rome and was a friend of Cicero, Atticus, and Catullus. Most of his writings, which included poems, moral examples from history, a chronological sketch of general history, a geographical work, Lives of Cato the Elder and Cicero, and other biographies, are lost. Extant is a portion of his De viris illustribus: (i) part of his parallel Lives of Roman and non-Roman famous men, namely the portion containing Lives of non-Roman generals (all Greeks except three) and a chapter on kings; and (ii) two Lives from the class of historians. The Lives are short popular biographies of various kinds, written in a usually plain readable style, of value today because of Nepos' use of many good sources.EAN: 9780674995147Package Dimensions: Height: 6.37498725 Inches, Length: 4.2499915 Inches, Weight: 0.5401325419 Pounds, Width: 0.887498225 Inches Show more