This edition contains three of Nepos' short biographies, and aims to provide beginners with an early means of escape from synthetic Latin.

This book, the flagship of the new Clarendon Ancient History Series, provides a complete translation of and historical commentary on the most important works of Cornelius Nepos (c.99-c.24 B.C.).

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.