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Cornelius Nepos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cornelius Nepos (Κορνήλιος Νέπως in Ancient Greek literature) (c. 100-24 BC) was a Roman biographer. Supposedly he was born at Hostilia, a village in Cisalpine Gaul not far from Verona. His Gallic or...
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English translation of Cornelius Nepos ... I do not doubt that there will be many,1 Atticus, who will think this kind of writing 2 trifling in its nature, and not sufficiently adapted to the characters of eminent men, when they shall find it related who ... 24. Marcus Porcius Cato. From the second book of Cornelius Nepos.
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English translations of the fathers ... Life of Cornelius Nepos ... The praenomen of Cornelius Nepos is unknown. Pliny the Elder speaks of him as Padi accola (NH. iii.127), and we know that he was born in that part of Cisalpine Gaul which took its name from the Insubres (Pliny the Younger, Letters.
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On Great Generals. On Historians: by Cornelius Nepos, published by Harvard University Press ... 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,
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Resources about Cornelius Nepos ... Roman historian Cornelius Nepos (99 - 24 BC) was a friend of Pomponius Atticus, Cicero, and Catullus. His only surviving work is a collection of biographies, mostly from a lost larger work, De viris illustribus [on illustrious men].
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Biography of Titus Pomponius Atticus from De Latinis Historicis by Cornelius Nepos (100-25 B.C.). ... In one his collections of biographical sketches, Cornelius Nepos described the life of an Epicurean from the first century B.C., the banker, publisher, and close associate of Cicero, Titus Pomponius Atticus:
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NEPOS, CORNELIUS (c. 99-24 B.C.), Roman historian, friend of Catullus, Cicero and Atticus, was born in Upper Italy (perhaps at Verona or Ticinum). He wrote: Chronica, an epitome of universal history; Exempla, a collection of anecdotes after the style of Valerius Maximus;
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Book contributor: Kelly - University of Toronto; Collection: toronto; This book has an editable web page on Open Library ... Text Archive > Canadian Libraries > Cornelius Nepos...
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Epaminondas (died 362 BCE) was one of the noblest and ablest of all the Hellenes. Boeotia was counted as unprolific in great personalities, but Athens never produced a statesman of more unblemished integrity and patriotism, ... Ancient History Sourcebook: Cornelius Nepos: From Life of Epaminondas, (written c. 30 BCE)
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4 quotes and quotations by Cornelius Nepos ... ; Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog Now!; ... Roman Author Quotes...
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