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LCL · Latin

On Great Generals. On Historians

by Cornelius Nepos

Short biographies of foreign commanders and of Roman historians, the earliest Latin biography to survive.

The Edition

Original language
Latin
Translated by
J. C. Rolfe

Publication

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Series
Loeb Classical Library (LCL)
Series volume
467
Date published
1929-01-01
Print status
In print

The Physical Book

Binding
Hardcover
Dust jacket
Yes
Total pages
368 pages
ISBN-13
9780674995147

Reference

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • The Book on the Great Generals of Foreign Nations
    • Preface
    • I. Miltiades
    • II. Themistocles
    • III. Aristides
    • IV. Pausanias
    • V. Cimon
    • VI. Lysander
    • VII. Alcibiades
    • VIII. Thrasybulus
    • IX. Conon
    • X. Dion
    • XI. Iphicrates
    • XII. Chabrias
    • XIII. Timotheus
    • XIV. Datames
    • XV. Epaminondas
    • XVI. Pelopidas
    • XVII. Agesilaus
    • XVIII. Eumenes
    • XIX. Phocion
    • XX. Timoleon
    • XXI. On Kings
    • XXII. Hamilcar
    • XXIII. Hannibal
  • Excerpt from the Book on Latin Historians
    • XXIV. Cato
    • XXV. Atticus
  • Fragments
  • Index