The Fall of the Roman Republic Six Lives

Rome’s famed historian illuminates the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157 to 43 BC in succinct accounts of the greatest politicians and statesmen of the classical period.

Plutarch (c. 50-ûc. 120 AD), dramatist, natural scientist, and philosopher, is widely regarded as the most significant historian of his era.

Robin Seager is a reader in classics and ancient history at the University of Liverpool.

Rex Warner-'s translations for Penguin Classics include works by Xenophon and Thucydides.