The Makers of Rome
Nine Lives
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- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
30 October 1965
Summary
These nine biographies illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome’s greatest statesmen, whose lives span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire. Selected from Plutarch’s Roman Lives, they include prominent figures who achieved fame for their pivotal roles in Roman history, such as soldierly Marcellus, eloquent Cato and cautious Fabius. Here too are vivid portraits of ambitious, hot-tempered Coriolanus; objective, princip…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140441581 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140441581 |
| Author: | Plutarch, Ian Scott-Kilvert |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 30 October 1965 |
| Weight: | 259g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Plutarch
Plutarch’s life spanned the second half of the 1st century AD. He was highly educated in rhetoric and philosophy at Athens but his deep interest in religion led him to Delphi, where he was eventually appointed a priesthood. He travelled, most crucially to Rome, where he lectured and made friends of considerable influence. He wrote and taught throughout his life.
Ian Scott-Kilvert was Director of English Literature at the British Council and Editor of Writers and their Works. He has translated three other of Plutarch’s works for the Penguin Classics. He died in 1989.
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