Quote of the day
The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilized men.
Cornelius Nepos

Born: 100 BC
Died: 27 BC (aged 73)
Bio: Cornelius Nepos was a Roman biographer. He was born at Hostilia, a village in Cisalpine Gaul not far from Verona.
Known for:
- Three lives : Alcibiades, Dion, Atticus
- The lives of Cornelius Nepos
- Vitae excellentium imperatorum