The Loeb Classical Library: Lives, Volume XI : Aratus. Artaxerxes. Galba. Otho

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The Loeb Classical Library: Lives, Volume XI : Aratus. Artaxerxes. Galba. OthoPlutarch (Plutarchus), ca. AD 45120, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular rank by the emperor Trajan and a procuratorship in Greece by Hadrian. He was married and the father of one daughter and four sons. He appears as a man of kindly character and independent thought, studious and learned. Plutarch wrote on many subjects. Most popular

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