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The Roman writer Cornelius Nepos was a friend of Cicero and Catullus, and portions of his On Famous Men are the earliest surviving biographies written in Latin. This book presents Nepos as a valuable witness to the late Republican era, whose biographies share the exemplary republican political perspective of his contemporaries Cicero and Livy.

Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1. Nepos and His Corpus
  • Chapter 2. Nepos among His Contemporaries
  • Chapter 3. Nepos the Political Biographer
  • Chapter 4. Nepos the Exemplary Biographer
  • Chapter 5. From Political History to Exemplary Political Biography
  • Conclusion: Readership and Relevance
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • Index of Modern Scholars
  • General Index

The Political Biographies of Cornelius Nepos

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      Publisher: LUP - University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780472038800, 978-0472038800
      ISBN10: 047203880X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Roman writer Cornelius Nepos was a friend of Cicero and Catullus, and portions of his On Famous Men are the earliest surviving biographies written in Latin. This book presents Nepos as a valuable witness to the late Republican era, whose biographies share the exemplary republican political perspective of his contemporaries Cicero and Livy.

      Table of Contents
      • Chapter 1. Nepos and His Corpus
      • Chapter 2. Nepos among His Contemporaries
      • Chapter 3. Nepos the Political Biographer
      • Chapter 4. Nepos the Exemplary Biographer
      • Chapter 5. From Political History to Exemplary Political Biography
      • Conclusion: Readership and Relevance
      • Bibliography
      • Index Locorum
      • Index of Modern Scholars
      • General Index

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