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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': (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 v
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Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
Release date: 1 January 1929
ISBN-10 : 0674995147 | ISBN-13: 9780674995147
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Release date: 1 January 1929
ISBN-10 : 0674995147 | ISBN-13: 9780674995147
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