Cornelius Nepos - Vies des grands capitaines de l'Antiquité - 1781

Cornelius Nepos. Lives of the Great Captains of Antiquity. Paris, Barbou, 1781, xi-371 pp. A small octavo volume (175x105 mm), full calf, smooth spine decorated, red morocco title piece, red edges (period binding). Spine of the second board partly cracked and missing on the cover; otherwise in good overall condition. Interior fresh with no foxing. New translation accompanying notes The Roman historian Cornelius Nepos presents the lives of great military leaders and statesmen of Antiquity, primarily Greeks, but also Carthaginians and Romans. He mentions notably Miltiades, Themistocles, Aristides, Alcibiades, Epaminondas, and Hannibal, tracing their careers, their campaigns, their qualities, and their reversals.

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