Latin Biography

First published in 1967, Latin Biography contains chapters on Nepos, Plutarch and Suetonius, the three best-known Classical biographers. There are also accounts of the less-familiar works of Q. Curtius Rufus and the author - or authors - of the Historia Augusta.

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T. A. Dorey

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First published in 1967, Latin Biography contains chapters on Nepos, Plutarch and Suetonius, the three best-known Classical biographers. There are also accounts of the less-familiar works of Q. Curtius Rufus and the author - or authors - of the Historia Augusta.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Nepos - An Introduction to Latin Biography **2. Quintus Curtius Rufus 3. Plutarch **4. Suetonius and Influence **5. The Augustan History **6. William of Poitiers: Gesta Guilelmi 7. Two Biographies by William of Malmesbury **8. The Lives of St. Francis Index of Names