Cornelius Nepos

Roman historian and biographer (c.110 BC–c.25 BC)

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Cornelius Nepos was a Roman historian and biographer who lived from around 110 to 25 BC and wrote accounts of the lives of notable figures from his time and earlier periods. His works are historically important because they preserve biographical information and anecdotes about important Greeks and Romans that might otherwise have been lost.

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Born: 99 B.C.
Died: 24 A.D.
Works: 140

Top works

Cornelii Nepotis Vitae excelletium imperatorum
Cornelius Nepos, with answered questions and imitative exercises by Thomas Kerchever Arnold
De vita excellentium imperatorum ex editione quarta J.H. Bremi
Cornelii Nepotis vitae
Hannibal. M. Porcius Cato

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Place of birth: Ostiglia
Place of death: Rome
Occupation: poet
Languages spoken: Latin
Notable work: De viris illustribus
Image: Cornelio Nepote.jpg

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date of birth: 0100-00-00
Commons category: Cornelius Nepos
date of death: 0025-00-00
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
gens: Cornelia gens
writing language: Latin
name in native language: Cornelius Nepos
ethnic group: Romans
Commons Creator page: Cornelius Nepos
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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Cornelius Nepos, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Lives of illustrious males

Lives of the illustrious men [Printed text]

Biographien berühmter Feldherren, übers. von Michael Feder.

Vite dal conte Antonio Saffi volgarizzate

Delle vite degli eccellenti comandanti in volgar Toscano recato a riscontro del testo latino ed illustrato cum note da Pier Domenico Soresi. Edizione Settima Accuratissima

Quae extant. Edidit, annotationem criticam atque exegeticam adjecit Johannes Christophorus Daehne.

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Vitae excellentium Imperatorum cum animadversionibus Joh. Andreae Bosii; varias lectiones, notas et praefationem addidit Joh. Frid. Fischerus. Ed. auctior et emendatior.