Vitæ excellentium imperatorum - Nepos, Cornelius c. 110 BC-c. 25 BC; Keuchenius, Robertus 1636-1672 (Leiden Hack, 1658)
Cornelius Nepos is the earliest extant Latin biographer. His work 'On Famous Men' grouped and chronicled the lives of about 400 men, both Roman and non-Roman, who he recognized as significant and important men. The only surviving remains of 'On Famous Men' are "On Eminent Foreign Generals" and, from his section on Roman Historians, writings on the lives of Porcius Cato and Atticus.
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Keywords: Classical Antiquity (8th Century BC-6th Century AD); History; Biography