# Rome in Crisis

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- Book: [Rome in Crisis](https://www.bookquiver.com/plutarch/rome-in-crisis) ([Rome in Crisis.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/plutarch/rome-in-crisis.md))
- Authors: [Plutarch](https://www.bookquiver.com/plutarch)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4044-916-7
- Pages: 752
- Published: 2010-09-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Bringing together nine biographies from Plutarch's Parallel Lives series, this edition examines the lives of major figures in Roman history, from Lucullus (118-57 BC), an aristocratic politician and conqueror of Eastern kingdoms, to Otho (32-69 AD), a reckless young noble who consorted with the tyrannical, debauched emperor Nero before briefly becoming a dignified and gracious emperor himself. Ian Scott-Kilvert's and Christopher Pelling's translations are accompanied by a new introduction, and also includes a separate introduction for each biography, comparative essays of the major figures, suggested further reading, notes and maps.