Nepos' work contains the lives of 20 Greek generals and the Carthaginians Hamilkar and Hannibal. Nepos corresponded with Cicero and was close with Cicero's friend Atticus. The collection served probably as a model for Plutarch's Vitae Parallelae. In his own days and in late antiquity Nepos was considered to be a source of importance. The churchfather Hieronymus included him in his 'De viris illustribus' 392 A.D. in the list of great authors and historians.
Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum Observantionibus ac Notis Commentatorum, ...
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Cornelii Nepotis Vitae excellentium imperatorum, Observantionibus ac Notis Commentatorum, quotquot hactenus innotuêre, Illustratae. Accesserunt huic Editioni praecipuorum Graciae Imperatorum Icones aeri incisae, ut & Index Rerum & Verborum praecedenti multo auctior & emendatior.
Author: Cornelius Nepos
Publisher: Ex Typographia P. & J. Blaeu
Amsterdam
1687
Language: Latin
Binding: Leather
Pages: [32], 439, [41] p.
Size: 19,5 x 12 x 3,5 cm
Description copy
Full calf binding, engraved frontispiece by J. Visscher, 12 portrait-engravings in the text.
Friction from use on the crowns, worn edges, small tear in frontispiece.