21. Cornelius Nepos: Information From Answers.com Nēpos, Cornēlius ( c. 100– c. 25 BC ), Roman biographer; his praenomen is unknown. He was a native of Cisalpine Gaul like Catullus who dedicated his book of poems to Nepos http://www.answers.com/topic/cornelius-nepos

var isReferenceAnswers = true; BodyLoad('s'); On this page Library Animal Life Health History, Politics, Society ... Technology Cornelius Nepos Classical Literature Companion: Cornēlius Nēpos Home Library Classical Literature Companion Nēpos, Cornēlius c. c. BC ), Roman biographer; his praenomen is unknown. He was a native of Cisalpine Gaul like Catullus who dedicated his book of poems to Nepos (see CATULLUS , poem 1), with a touch of irony at the expense of the latter's ‘laborious and learned’ universal history in three books, Chronica (which has not survived). Nepos was also a friend of Cicero and, more especially, Atticus . His writings included love poems, a book of anecdotes and other information ( Exempla ), and a series of ‘Lives of Famous Men’, De viris illustribus , in at least sixteen books, of which one survives on foreign generals (nineteen of them Greek). The Lives include Themistoclēs, Miltiadēs, Epaminondas, Pausanias, Hannibal, Hamilcar, and Datamēs the Persian. They are biographical sketches designed to eulogize their subjects and point a moral rather than relate the historical events of their lives. From a historical point of view they are marked by many inaccuracies and omissions and by lack of proportion (the battle of Leuctra, for example, is barely mentioned in the biography of Epaminondas). Of the Greek Lives the most interesting character portrayal is that of Alcibiadēs. There also survive a short Life of the elder Cato, and a longer one of Atticus, of whom Nepos can speak with intimate knowledge, and whose stance of political neutrality Nepos understood and shared. Both of these Lives show greater talent.

22. Cornelius Nepos: Life Of Atticus - Translation A translation of the Life of Atticus by Cornelius Nepos Translated by Rev. J.S.Watson (1853) The chapter numbers are shown in red. http://www.attalus.org/old/atticus.html

Cornelius Nepos: Life of Atticus Translated by Rev. J.S.Watson (1853) The chapter numbers are shown in red Click on the symbols to go to lists of other ancient sources which refer to the same events. T. Pomponius Atticus (110-32 B.C.) is best known as the intimate friend of the orator Cicero. This biography seems originally to have been part of a series of biographies of Latin historians which was written by Cornelius Nepos while Atticus was still alive. Titus Pomponius Atticus , descended from a most ancient Roman family, held the equestrian rank received in uninterrupted succession from his ancestors. He had a father who was active, indulgent, and, as times then were, wealthy, as well as eminently devoted to literature; and, as he loved learning himself, he instructed his son in all branches of knowledge with which youth ought to be made acquainted. In the boy, too, besides docility of disposition, there was great sweetness of voice, so that he not only imbibed rapidly what was taught him, but repeated it extremely well. He was in consequence distinguished among his companions in his boyhood, and shone forth with more lustre than his noble fellow-students could patiently bear; hence he stirred them all to new exertions by his application. In the number of them were Lucius Torquatus, Caius Marius the younger, and Marcus

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24. Cornelius Nepos: Lives Of Eminent Commanders (1886) Pp. 305-450 English translation of Cornelius Nepos CORNELIUS NEPOS. LIVES OF EMINENT COMMANDERS. - PREFACE. http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/nepos.htm

Cornelius Nepos: Lives of Eminent Commanders (1886) pp. 305-450. Translated by the Rev. John Selby Watson, MA Preface 1. Miltiades. 2. Themistocles. 3. Aristides. ... Fragments CORNELIUS NEPOS. LIVES OF EMINENT COMMANDERS. PREFACE. I do not doubt that there will be many, Atticus, who will think this kind of writing trifling in its nature, and not sufficiently adapted to the characters of eminent men, when they shall find it related who taught Epaminondas music, or see it numbered among his accomplishments, that he danced gracefully, and played skilfully on the flutes . But these will be such, for the most part, as, being unacquainted with Greek literature, will think nothing right but what agrees with their own customs. If these readers will but understand that the same things are not becoming or unbecoming among all people, but that every thing is judged by the usages of men's forefathers, they will not wonder that we, in setting forth the excellencies of the Greeks, have had regard to their manners. For to Cimon, an eminent man among the Athenians, it was thought no disgrace to have his half-sister, by the father's side, in marriage, as his countrymen followed the same practice; but such a union, according to the order of things among us, is deemed unlawful.

25. Cornelius Nepos - Hutchinson Encyclopedia Article About Cornelius Of this large work, one book, De Excellentibus Ducibus Exterarum Gentium/On the Excellent Generals of Foreign Peoples, is extant. We also have his life of Atticus and a fragment of http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Cornelius Nepos

26. Cornelius Nepos (Roman Historian) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia Cornelius Nepos (Roman historian), c. 110 bcc. 24 bcRoman historian, the earliest biographer to write in Latin. He was a correspondent and friend of Cicero and Atticus, and he was http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/409313/Cornelius-Nepos

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28. Cornelius Nepos Cornelius Nepos. Born c. 99 BC Died c. 25 BC Cause of death unspecified. Gender Male Race or Ethnicity White Occupation Historian. Nationality Ancient Rome http://www.nndb.com/people/459/000103150/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for Cornelius Nepos Born: c. 99 BC Died: c. 25 BC Cause of death: unspecified Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Historian Nationality: Ancient Rome Executive summary: De Viris Illustribus Roman historian, friend of Catullus Cicero and Atticus, was born in Upper Italy (perhaps at Verona or Ticinum). He wrote: Chronica , an epitome of universal history; Exempla , a collection of anecdotes after the style of Valerius Maximus; letters to Cicero; lives of Cato the Elder and Cicero; and De viris illustribus , parallel lives of distinguished Romans and foreigners, in sixteen books. One section of this voluminous work ( De excellentibus ducibus exterarum gentium , more commonly known as Vitae excellentium imperatorum ) and the biographies of Cato and Atticus from another ( De Latinis historicis ) have been preserved. Erotic poems and a geographical treatise are also attributed to him. Nepos is not altogether happy in the subjects of his biographies, and he writes rather as a panegyrist than as a biographer, although he can rebuke his own countrymen on occasion. The Lives contain many errors (especially in chronology), but supply information not found elsewhere. The language is as a rule simple and correct. The

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Cornelius Nepos Cornelius Nepos (c. 100-24) was a Roman biographer. Supposedly he was born at Hostilia, a village in Cisalpine Gaul not far from Verona . His Gallic origin is attested by Ausonius , and Pliny the Elder calls him Padi accola ('a dweller on the River Po Natural History III.22). He was a friend of Catullus , who dedicates his poems to him (I.3), Cicero and Atticus Eusebius places him in the fourth year of the reign of Augustus , which is supposed to be when he began to attract critical acclaim by his writing. Pliny the Elder notes he died in the reign of Augustus Natural History IX.39, X.23). Works Chronica , to which Catullus seems to allude in his dedication to Nepos. Ausonius also mentions it in his sixteenth Epistle to Probus, as does Aulus Gellius in the Noctes Atticae (XVII.21). It is thought to have been written in three books. Exemplorum libri , of which Charisius cites the second book, and Aulus Gellius the fifth (VII.18). De Viris Illustribus , from which Aulus Gellius draws an anecdote of Cato (IX.8). De Vita Ciceronis Aulus Gellius corrects an error in this work (XV.28).

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32. Cornelius Nepos: Lives Of Eminent Commanders (1886).  Preface To The Online Edi English translations of the fathers Cornelius Nepos Lives of Eminent Commanders (1886). Preface to the online edition http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/nepos_eintro.htm

Cornelius Nepos: Lives of Eminent Commanders (1886). Preface to the online edition Life of Cornelius Nepos Nepos lived in the first century BC. Pliny the Elder twice refers to him as dying in the principate of Augustus ( Natural History, ix.137; x.60), and he seems to have lived from around 99BC to around 24BC. We know from his own words that he outlived Atticus, who died in 32 BC, and that he lived to an advanced age. The praenomen of Cornelius Nepos is unknown. Pliny the Elder speaks of him as Padi accola NH . iii.127), and we know that he was born in that part of Cisalpine Gaul which took its name from the Insubres (Pliny the Younger, Letters. iv.28.1; cf. Cicero, Letters ad fam. xv.16.1). It has been inferred from this that he most likely was born in ancient Ticinum, today known as Pavia. He lived in Rome, but we learn from Pliny the Younger that he was not of senatorial rank ( Lett. v.3.6). He exchanged letters with Cicero (Macrobius, Saturnalia ii.1.14; Suetonius Julius 55; etc). Catullus dedicated a book of poems to him (Catullus 1). In his correspondence, Fronto suggests that, like Atticus, Nepos was a publisher as well as a writer (i. p.169, Loeb). Works Nepos wrote a considerable amount, but little has come down to us. The following items are known to us from references in other writers.

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34. Cornelius Nepos: Lives Of Eminent Commanders (1886) Pp. 305-450 titus pomponius atticus, marcus porcius cato, john selby, kings of persia, pelopidas, private station, alcibiades, absolute authority, lysander, rev john, sovereigns, persians http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_text_nepos_livesmisc.htm

zWASL=1;zGRH=1 zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') zDO=0 Home Education Ancient / Classical History Ancient / Classical History Search Ancient History Wars Share w(x2+zWl+'?p=1" zT="18/1[N" rel="nofollow">Print') Filed In: Ancient / Classical History Cornelius Nepos: Lives of Eminent Commanders (1886) pp. 305-450. Translated by the Rev. John Selby Watson, MA Preface 1. Miltiades. 2. Themistocles. 3. Aristides. ... Fragments CORNELIUS NEPOS. LIVES OF EMINENT COMMANDERS. Cornelius Nepos: Lives of Eminent Commanders (1886) pp. 305-450. Translated by the Rev. John Selby Watson, MA XXI. OF KINGS. The Spartan kings, kings only in name; the most eminent kings of Persia, I.The greatest kings of Macedonia; the only great sovereign of Sicily, II.The kings that arose after the death of Alexander the Great, III. I. THESE were almost all the generals of Greece that seemed worthy of record, except kings, for we would not treat of them, because the actions of them all are narrated separately; nor are they indeed very numerous. As for Agesilaus the Lacedaemonian, he was a king in name, not in power, just like the other Spartan kings. But of those who were sovereigns with absolute authority, the most eminent were, as we think, Cyrus, king of the Persians, and Darius, the son of Hystaspes, both of whom, originally in a private station, obtained thrones by merit. The first of these was killed in battle among the Massagetae; Darius died a natural death at an advanced age. There are also three others of the same nation; Xerxes and the two Artaxerxes, Macrochir and Mnemon.

35. Ancient History Sourcebook: Cornelius Nepos: From Life Of Epaminondas Back to Ancient History Sourcebook Ancient History Sourcebook Cornelius Nepos From Life of Epaminondas, (written c. 30 BCE) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/nepos-epam.html

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook Ancient History Sourcebook: Cornelius Nepos: From Life of Epaminondas (written c. 30 BCE) Epaminondas (died 362 BCE) was one of the noblest and ablest of all the Hellenes. Boeotia was counted as unprolific in great personalities, but Athens never produced a statesman of more unblemished integrity and patriotism, or greater capacity for organizing men and handling them on the battlefield. He was a real genius in the military art, breaking away from the conventions of the old-style Laconian drillmasters, and developing new tactics that were later perfected by Philip and Alexander. It was due largely to Epaminondas that Sparta was deposed from that hegemony of Hellas which she had so long held and abused. Epaminondas was the son of Polymnis, and was born at Thebes. He was of an honorable family, though left poor . . . but he was among the best educated among the Thebans; he had been taught to play the harp and to sing to its accompaniment by Dionysius [a famous musician], to play the flute by Olympiodorus, and to dance by Calliphron. For his instructor in philosophy he had Lysis of Tarentum, a Pythagorean, to whom he was so devoted that-young as he was-he preferred the society of a grave and austere old man, instead of companions of his own age; nor did he part with him until he had so far excelled his fellow students in learning, that it might easily be seen that in the same way he would excel in other pursuits.

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37. Cornelius Nepos: Lives Of Eminent Commanders (1886) Pp. 305-450 titus pomponius atticus, marcus porcius cato, john selby, high commissions, pelopidas, military achievements, alcibiades, king philip, lysander, exertions, rev john http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_text_nepos_comdrsphociontimoleon.h

zWASL=1;zGRH=1 zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') zDO=0 Home Education Ancient / Classical History Ancient / Classical History Search Ancient History Wars Share w(x2+zWl+'?p=1" zT="18/1[N" rel="nofollow">Print') See More About: bios nepos Cornelius Nepos: Lives of Eminent Commanders (1886) pp. 305-450. Translated by the Rev. John Selby Watson, MA Preface 1. Miltiades. 2. Themistocles. 3. Aristides. ... Fragments CORNELIUS NEPOS. LIVES OF EMINENT COMMANDERS. XIX. PHOCION. Phocion better known for his virtues than his military achievements, I.In his old age he incurred the displeasure of his countrymen on various accounts, II.Is exiled; his pleading before Philip; is sent back to Athens, III.Is condemned at Athens, and put to death there, IV. I. THOUGH Phocion the Athenian was often at the head of armies, and held the most important commands, yet the blamelessness of his life is much better known than his exertions in war. Of the one, accordingly, there is no recollection, but of the other the fame is great; and hence he was surnamed The Good. He was always poor, though he might have been extremely rich, by reason of the numerous offices conferred upon him, and the high commissions given him by the people. When he refused the present of a large sum of money from King Philip, and Philip's ambassadors urged him to receive it, and at the same time reminded him, that if he himself could easily do without it, he should nevertheless have some regard for his children, for whom it would be difficult, in the depth of poverty, to act up to the high character of their father, he gave them this answer: "If my children be like me, this same little farm, which has enabled me to reach my present eminence, will maintain them; but if they prove unlike me, I should not wish their luxury to be supported and increased at my expense."

38. Cornelius Nepos Quotes Cornelius Nepos Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/corneliusn185207.html

39. Cornelius Nepos - Atticus Biography of Titus Pomponius Atticus from De Latinis Historicis by Cornelius Nepos (10025 B.C.). http://www.epicurus.net/en/atticus.html

Cornelius Nepos Home/Ancient Texts Beliefs Relationships History ... Epicurean Philosophy List In one his collections of biographical sketches, Cornelius Nepos described the life of an Epicurean from the first century B.C., the banker, publisher, and close associate of Cicero, Titus Pomponius Atticus: There he lived in such a manner that he became greatly beloved by all Athenians, and for good reason. For apart from his personal charm which was already abundant in his youth, he often relieved their public want from his own resources; when they were obliged to roll-over the public debt and were unable to obtain reasonable terms for it, he always intervened on terms where he never accepted usurious interest rates from them nor allowed them to remain in debt beyond the term fixed. Both conditions were advantageous to them, since he neither suffered their debt to become overdue by his leniency nor to grow through compounding of the interest. He augmented this service by a further act of generosity: he gave them all six modii [~50 liters] of wheat per person: the equivalent measure being called a medimnus at Athens.

40. Arts > Classical Studies > Roman > Cornelius Nepos Cornelius Nepos (c. 1002 dozen) was the Roman biographer. Purportedly he was innate at Hostilithe, a village within Cisalpine Gaul not far from Verona. http://cornelius-nepos.generalanswers.org/

Home Arts Classical Studies Roman Cornelius Nepos (c. 100-2 dozen) was the Roman biographer. Purportedly he was innate at Hostilithe, a village within Cisalpine Gaul not far from Verona. His Gallic origin is attested by Ausonius, and Pliny the Elder calls him Padi accola ('a denizen on the Flow of any stream Po, Natural History III.22). He was the friend of Catullus , who dedicates his verse form to him (I personally.Tercet), Cicero and Atticus. Eusebius places him in the fourth season of the reign of Augustus, which is supposed to be once he began to attract critical eclat by his writing. Pliny the Elder notes he died in the reign of Augustus ( Natural History IX.39, X.23). Works Chronica , to which Catullus seems to allude in his dedication to Nepos. Ausonius also mentions it in his sixteenth Epistle to Probus, when does Aulus Gellius in the Noctes Atticae (XVII.Twenty-one). These are thought to use been written around ternary books. Exemplorum libri De Viris Illustribus , from either which Aulus Gellius draws an anecdote of Cato (IX.Octad). De Vita Ciceronis . Aulus Gellius corrects an error in this operate (Fifteen.Xxviii). Epistulae ad Ciceronem , an extract of which lives within Lactantius ( Divinarum Institutionem Libri Septem III.15). These are undecipherable whether it were ever formally published.

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