La Vie des Hommes Illustres Vol. 1

By Plutarch, Gerard Walter Editor

Fall Of The Roman Republic: Six Lives, Marius, Sulla, Crassus, Pompey, Caesar, Cicero

By Plutarch

The Makers Of Rome

By Plutarch

Nine biographies that illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmenThe lives of the statesmen featured in this collection span the earliest days...

Moral essays

By Plutarch

Essays

By Plutarch

Selections from one of the greatest essayists of the Graeco-Roman worldPlutarch used an encyclopedic knowledge of the Roman Empire to produce a compelling and individual voice. In this superb selec...

The Rise And Fall Of Athens

By Plutarch, Plutarch; Translated By Ian Scott-Kilvert; Revised With A New Introduction, Notes By John M. Marincola; Series Preface By Christopher Pelling

Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiade...

Rome In Crisis

By Trans. Ian Scott-Kilvert Christopher Pelling, Plutarch

Bringing together nine biographies from Plutarch's Parallel Lives series, this edition examines the lives of major figures in Roman history, from Lucullus (118-57 BC), an aristocratic politician an...

The Age Of Alexander

By Trans. Timothy Duff Trans. Ian Scott-Kilvert, Plutarch, Plutarch, Trans. Timothy Duff Trans. Ian Scott-Kilvert

Plutarch's influential writings on the ancient worldPlutarch's parallel biographies of the great men in Greek and Roman history are cornerstones of European literature, drawn on by countless writer...

On Sparta

By Plutarch, Plutarch, Richard J. A. Talbert, Christopher Pelling

Plutarch’s vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of their remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and thir...

The Rise Of Rome

By Jeffrey Tatum, Christopher Pelling, Ian Scott-Kilvert, Plutarch

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 G...