[.ca] On Great Generals. On Historians (ISBN 0674995147)

Brief Biographies of Great Generals:
Cornelius Nepos produced a considerable literary output: history, geography, poetry, and other works including biographies of famous men. The only surviving examples of his work are a few biographies from his work "De Viris Illustribus," which he apparently modeled after Plutarch's "Lives." The surviving pieces consist of an introduction, several biographies of non-Roman generals, and two biographies of Roman historians. The bios are brief, anecdotal, and entertaining. They probably have little in the way of historical value, but they are nonetheless worth reading.