James Romm is the author of Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero and a classicist who teaches at Bard College. Pamela Mensch, acclaimed translator of Herodotus and Arrian, lives in New York City. A professor of classics at Cambridge University, Mary Beard is the author of the best-selling The Fires of Vesuvius and the National Book Critics Circle Award-nominated Confronting the Classics. A popular blogger and television personality, Beard gave the Mellon Lectures at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books. She lives in England.
"""This reader's edition of Plutarch's Lives brings to life the captivating personalities and topsy-turvy politics of the late Roman Republic. Fluid and poised, Pamela Mensch's translation does a fine job conveying the measured power of Plutarch's prose. The introduction-authored by one of the most distinguished ancient historians of her generation-masterfully sets the scene, and James Romm's notes will be an invaluable resource for readers."" -- Daniel Padilla Peralta, author of Undocumented ""The formidable duo of Romm & Mensch have pulled it off again-accomplishing with ease the tricky feat of making some of the best biographies from the best biographer of the ancient Roman world newly accessible in fresh, accurate, intelligently commented translations to a readership extending well beyond the usual Classicist suspects."" -- Paul Cartledge, author of Thermopylae: The Battle that Changed the World ""The Age of Caesar is a fine translation of Plutarch's biographies of five of the most tragic figures in ancient history. This will become the new standard."" -- Ian Morris, author of War! What Is It Good For?"