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Cornelius Nepos

John Carew Rolfe

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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': part of his parallel lives of Roman and non-Roman famous men, namely the portion containing lives of non-Roman generals and a chapter on kings; and 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's use of many good sources.

Language: English

Pages: 368

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Release: January 01, 1929

ISBN: 0674995147

ISBN 13: 9780674995147

Cornelius Nepos

John Carew Rolfe

3.7/5 ( ratings)

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': part of his parallel lives of Roman and non-Roman famous men, namely the portion containing lives of non-Roman generals and a chapter on kings; and 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's use of many good sources.

Language: English

Pages: 368

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Release: January 01, 1929

ISBN: 0674995147

ISBN 13: 9780674995147

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