Plut. Comp. Per. Fab.

Comparison of Pericles and Fabius Maximus

Such is the story of these men’s lives, and since both left behind them many examples of civil as well as military excellence, let us consider, in the first place, the matter of their military achievements. Pericles was at the head of his people when its prosperity was greatest, when its own strength was at the full, and its imperial power culminating. Apparently, therefore, it was the general…Read now

Author: Plutarch
Chapters: 1-3
Translator: Bernadotte Perrin

Comparison of Pericles and Fabius Maximus

Plutarch

translated by Bernadotte Perrin

Edition

Bernadotte PerrinDefaultPerrin translationThe translation of Bernadotte Perrin, as printed in Plutarch's Lives (Loeb Classical Library).Such is the story of these men’s lives, and since both left behind them many examples of civil as well as military excellence, let us consider, in the first place, the matter of their military achievements. Pericles was at the head of his people when its…

Pericles and Fabius Maximus

Plutarch's Lives

Life of Fabius MaximusLife of Alcibiades

Life of Camillus
Life of Pericles
Life of Fabius Maximus
Comparison of Pericles and Fabius Maximus
Life of Alcibiades
Life of Coriolanus
Comparison of Alcibiades and Coriolanus

68 works