The Rise of Rome-Fast Shipping

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The latest installment in our fully revised edition of Plutarch’sLives of the great men of the ancient world, this volume focusing onearly Rome

The biographies collected in this volume bring together Plutarch’s Lives of those great men who established the city of Rome, and his Comparisons with their notable Greek counterparts. As well as providing anilluminating picture of the first century A.D., Plutarch depicts complexheroes who display the essential virtues of Greek civilization—courage,patriotism, justice, intelligence, and reason—that contributed to therise of Rome.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.