A translation of Plutarch's portraits of the Spartans and their customs that chronicles the rise and fall of their Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries B.C.
A first century text by Greek biographer Plutarch in which he examines the lives of six men who played a significant role in the collapse of the Roman Republic, including Marius, Sulla, Crassus, Cicero, Pompey, and Caesar.
An English translation of the ancient Greek text that examines the lives of nine Greek statesmen and men of action, including Agesilaus, Pelopidas, Dion, Timoleon, Demosthenes, Phocion, Alexander, Demetrius, and Pyrrhus.
A series of biographies written at the beginning of the second century A.D., in which the author gives an account of one Greek and one Roman life and follows with a comparison of the two.