The Rise of Rome
by Plutarch, Jeffrey Tatum, Christopher Pelling, Ian Scott-Kilvert
As well as providing an illuminating picture of the first century AD, the author depicts complex and nuanced heroes who display the essential virtues of Greek civilization - courage, patriotism, justice, intelligence and reason - that contributed to the rise of Rome.
Paperback
English
Brand New
Publisher Description
A fully revised edition of Plutarch's Lives of the great men of the ancient world, focussing on early RomeThe biographies collected in this volume bring together Plutarch's Lives of those great men who established the city of Rome and consolidated its supremacy, and his Comparisons with their notable Greek counterparts. Here he pairs Romulus, mythical founder of Rome, with Theseus, who brought Athens to power, and compares the admirable Numa and Lycurgus for bringing order to their communities, while Titus Flamininus and Philopoemen are portrayed as champions of freedom. As well as providing an illuminating picture of the first century AD, Plutarch depicts complex and nuanced heroes who display the essential virtues of Greek civilization - courage, patriotism, justice, intelligence and reason - that contributed to the rise of Rome.
Notes
A new edition of the classic history of Rome from the 1st century Greek philosopher.
Author Biography
Plutarch (c. AD 45-120), the Greek philosopher, lived at the height of the Roman Empire and is author of one of the largest and collections of writings to have survived from Classical antiquity. His work is traditionally divided into two- the Moralia, which include a vast range of philosophical, scientific, moral and rhetorical works, and the Lives or biographies. Almost fifty such biographies survive, most from his collection of Parallel Lives, in which biographies of Greek and Roman statesmen are arranged in pairs.
Review
"Fabulous selection with excellent notes."
--David A. Graf, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Miami
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These new and revised translations capture Plutarch's elegant prose and narrative flair. In his introduction, Jeffrey Tatum discusses the purpose and style of the Lives, and Plutarch's research and historical sources.
Review Quote
"Fabulous selection with excellent notes." --David A. Graf, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Miami
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A fully revised edition of Plutarch's Lives of the great men of the ancient world, focussing on early Rome
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