Chronica
work by Nepos
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Chronica was a work by Cornelius Nepos, a Roman historian who lived from approximately 110 BCE to 24 BCE. This work, presented in three books, introduced the Roman audience to a Greek concept: universal comparative chronology. Nepos was a contemporary and friend of prominent figures like Cicero and Atticus, and his poems were dedicated to him by Catullus. While Nepos wrote several other works, including biographies and collections of anecdotes, only parts of his De viris illustribus ("On Famous Men") survive today.1
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