Makers Of Rome - Nine Lives
1977.
Penguin Classics
, New York, USA
Plutarch was not only an inspired portrait - painter but a great social historian. For this book The Makers Of Rome, the translator has selected nine of the Roman lives, from the earliest years of the Republic to the Establishment of the Empire and thus illustrates the courage and tenacity of the Romans in war and their genius for political compromise.They are Coriolanus, Fabius Maximus, Marcellus, Cato the Elder, Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Sertorius, Brutus and Mark Antony.
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Specifications
| Author | Plutarch |
| Illustrator | Radice, Betty [Editor] |
| Publisher | Penguin Classics |
| Place Published | New York, USA |
| Year Published | 1977 |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
Fourth reprint from 1965 |
| Size | 8vo (Octavo) |
| Chapters | XII |
| Pages | 366pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Good Condition - Note: As above with largely undamaged covers. - No Dust Wrapper as issued |
| Overall | Good Condition - Note: Soft cover paperback with a firm intact spine and largely undamaged covers plus no missing pages and no extraneous notations present . All corners are bumped but with no chipping present and there is slight old page discolouration and edge browning however. |