Lives of Famous Men: Latin and English Parallel Translation (Hopkins Classical Collection)

About the book

HOPKINS CLASSICAL COLLECTIONLives of Famous Men (Latin: De Viris Illustribus) is a biographical work that provides a collection of short biographies of prominent figures from Roman history. The book is attributed to Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius, a Roman historian and writer who lived during the 1st century AD.Lives of Famous Men is believed to have been written around the same time as Suetonius' more famous work, The Twelve Caesars. While The Twelve Caesars focuses on the lives of the Roman emperors, Lives of Famous Men covers a broader range of individuals who achieved prominence in various fields, including statesmen, military leaders, orators, poets, and philosophers.