The Histories
Polybius · Ancient · History / political thought
Ancient · Biography, history
Parallel Lives
by Plutarch. Paired lives of Greek and Roman statesmen explore how personality and moral choices shape public history.
- Date
- c. 100 CE
- Origin
- Roman Empire / Greece
- Era
- Ancient
- Genre
- Biography, history
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Very long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
Paired lives of Greek and Roman statesmen explore how personality and moral choices shape public history.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of great books / harvard. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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