Ebook Roman Lives A Selection of Eight Roman Lives Oxford World Classics Plutarch Robin Waterfield Philip A Stadter Books

Product details Paperback 608 pages Publisher Oxford University Press; Reissue edition (March 15, 2009) Language English ISBN-10 9780199537389 ISBN-13 978-0199537389 ASIN 0199537380

Roman Lives A Selection of Eight Roman Lives Oxford World Classics Plutarch Robin Waterfield Philip A Stadter Books Reviews

• If you love good story telling, ancient tales and learning from how influential figures lived their lives, this book is for you. The translation is superb and very consistent throughout the book, reading this it feels like Plutarch is a native speaker who lives in this century! The book itself is incredibly fun. My favorite biographies are Sulla, Marius, Caesar and Mark Antony and the Gracchi brothers, though the other ones are just as good. One thing I really enjoy about this movie is that Plutarch included all the omens that these figures experienced before major events. These could easily be dismissed by the modern reader as superstitions or just made up dramatic effect, but these people tend to be much more connected to reality than we are. But who knows, I'm just a dude on the internet! Great book, and definitely one of the best books I ever read.
• For someone like myself who had not read Plutarch's lives and who was not as familiar with Roman history as perhaps I should be, this edition was a wonderful introduction. The translation is clear and dramatic of Plutach's biographies and personality studies (along with the times and political controversies) that resulting in the fall of the Repulbic and the establishment of the Empire. But, and there is a but, these biographies are only the most familiar selection of Plutarch's Roman biographies and the choice has been made by the translator-editor. I like to read in completeness, and for that reason this edition is a four star, and is sending me back to Plutarch in another edition to read those biographies that the editors choose not to include.
• This is an outstanding translation of a great book. I love all of Plutarch's books but this one may be my favorite. The Oxford edition also has lots of explanatory notes and supplementary information; anyone with an interest in ancient Rome should read this work.
• This is a very easy to read translation of Plutarch's classic work. Nice cover. Clear printing. Well bound. If you haven't read these short works on the Greeks and Romans, you should. There is much to learn from their triumphs and their failures. For future leaders, scholars and politicians, much can be learned from those who came before. Recommended. (As well as, Greek Lives)
• Fine translation; good introductions; excellent notes & bibliographies.
• Simply the single best translation of Plutarch that I've ever read. Highly readable and recommended.
• Bought this book for a class and am so glad I did! Very informative and easy to read!
• Good history.