The Fall of the Roman Republic: Six Lives - Paperback
by Plutarch
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Availability:In StockContributor:Plutarch, Rex Warner (Translator), Robin Seager (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2006-04-25Pages:464
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140449341ISBN-10:140449345UPC:9780140449341Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AncientBook Topic:RomeSize:7.76 x 5.18 x 0.98 inchesWeight:0.69Product ID:SC8E24X14R
The Fall of the Roman Republic: Six Lives
Dramatic artist, natural scientist and philosopher, Plutarch is widely regarded as the most significant historian of his era, writing sharp and succinct accounts of the greatest politicians and statesman of the classical period. Taken from The Lives, a series of biographies spanning the Graeco-Roman age, this collection illuminates the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157-43 BC. Whether...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140449341ISBN-10:140449345UPC:9780140449341Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AncientBook Topic:RomeSize:7.76 x 5.18 x 0.98 inchesWeight:0.69Product ID:SC8E24X14R
Plutarch (c.50-c.120 AD) was a writer and thinker born into a wealthy, established family of Chaeronea in central Greece. He received the best possible education in rhetoric and philosophy, and traveled to Asia Minor and Egypt. Later, a series of visits to Rome and Italy contributed to his fame, which was given official recognition by the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Plutarch rendered...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Revised Edition
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Plutarch, Rex Warner (Translator), Robin Seager (Introduction by)
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