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-99–-24 · Roman historian and biographer (c.110 BC–c.25 BC)
Also known as: Корнелий Непот, كورنيليوس نيبوس, 코르넬리우스 네포스, コルネリウス・ネポス, 康涅利乌斯·尼波斯, Непот, Корнелий
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- Vitae excellentium imperatorum (1594)
- Vitae Cum Fragmentis (1998)
- A man for all seasons
- Three lives (1958)
- Nepos Life of Atticus