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Rise Of Rome
Paperback Edition: 1/2013
The 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. These new and revised translations by W. Jeffrey Tatum and Ian Scott-Kilvert capture Plutarch's elegant prose and narrative flair.
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Pages : 832
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Publication date : 2013-08-01
Subjects: Fiction, Non-fiction, Contemporary, Humanities, Historical Fiction, History, Ancient History: To C 500 Ce, Classical History / Classical Civilisation, European History