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Plutarch · c. AD 46-after 119

Life of Camillus

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Plutarch's Life of Camillus follows the Roman general Marcus Furius Camillus, five times dictator and four times triumphant, through the capture of Veii, his exile, the sack of Rome by the Gauls under Brennus and the rebuilding of the city. It records many omens, vows, Vestal rites and festivals alongside the political quarrels between the people and the Senate, and ends with his last victory over the Gauls, the temple of Concord and his death. It is paired with the Life of Themistocles.

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Text
Greek original with English translation, 17 passages, about 16200 words in English.
Translator
Bernadotte Perrin (1914)
Edition
Bernadotte Perrin (ed. and trans.), Plutarch's Lives, vol. 2, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1914 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus)
Cite as
Plutarch, Life of Camillus 1.1 (by chapter, section)

Contents · 17 passages

  1. 1.1–2.6Camillus: five times dictator, never consul, early fame and the siege of Veii762 words
  2. 3.1–4.5The Alban lake prodigy, the Veientine seer and the oracle at Delphi669 words
  3. 5.1–6.1Camillus takes Veii by a mine and brings Hera (Juno) to Rome878 words
  4. 7.1–8.5The triumph, the tithe for Apollo and the golden bowl from Roman women910 words
  5. 9.1–10.7The siege of Falerii and the treacherous schoolmaster722 words
  6. 11.1–14.2The trial and exile of Camillus, and the voice heard by Marcus Caedicius720 words
  7. 15.1–17.6The Gauls come to Italy and Brennus at Clusium1038 words
  8. 18.1–19.8The Gauls and the Fabii, the battle of the Allia and the unlucky days1116 words
  9. 20.1–22.6The Vestals' flight, the old men in the Forum and the sack of Rome1272 words
  10. 23.1–26.2Camillus at Ardea, Pontius Cominius and the Senate's election1374 words
  11. 27.1–29.5The sacred geese and Manlius; Brennus' sword and the gold1173 words
  12. 30.1–32.5The rebuilding of Rome and the lituus of Romulus1155 words
  13. 33.1–35.4The war with the Latins, the maid Tutula and the Capratine Nones1368 words
  14. 36.1–7Marcus Manlius Capitolinus: debtors, sedition and execution545 words
  15. 37.1–38.1Camillus, sick and old, defeats the Praenestines and wins over Tusculum831 words
  16. 39.1–40.4The Licinian laws and the return of the Gauls703 words
  17. 41.1–43.1The second Gallic victory, the temple of Concord and the death of Camillus995 words

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English translation by Bernadotte Perrin (1914). Original text: Bernadotte Perrin (ed. and trans.), Plutarch's Lives, vol. 2, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1914 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus).

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