Lukas de Blois is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He has published on the crisis of the Roman republic in the first century B.C., the history of the Roman empire in the third century A.D., ancient historiography, Plutarch’s Greek and Roman Lives, and the history of ancient Sicily.

'I sincerely believe that, at least for every Plutarch-addict, this should be compulsory reading. … excellently edited and produced.'Jan P. Stronk, BMCR, 2005.

Lukas de Blois is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He has published on the crisis of the Roman republic in the first century B.C., the history of the Roman empire in the third century A.D., ancient historiography, Plutarch’s Greek and Roman Lives, and the history of ancient Sicily.

'I sincerely believe that, at least for every Plutarch-addict, this should be compulsory reading. … excellently edited and produced.'Jan P. Stronk, BMCR, 2005.

Lukas de Blois is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He has published on the crisis of the Roman republic in the first century B.C., the history of the Roman empire in the third century A.D., ancient historiography, Plutarch’s Greek and Roman Lives, and the history of ancient Sicily.

'I sincerely believe that, at least for every Plutarch-addict, this should be compulsory reading. … excellently edited and produced.'Jan P. Stronk, BMCR, 2005.