Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Plutarch
Born: 46
Died: 127 (aged 81)
Bio: Plutarch was a Greek historian, biographer and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He is classified as a Middle Platonist. Plutarch's surviving works are believed to have been originally written in Koine Greek.
Known for:
- Parallel Lives
- The Fall of the Roman Republic
- On Sparta
- The age of Alexander
- Makers of Rome, nine lives
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