The Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 12: Plutarch
Profile portrait of Greek historian Plutarch (46–120 AD), c. 80 AD. (Engraving by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Profile portrait of Greek historian Plutarch (46–120 AD), c. 80 AD. (Engraving by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
“Virgil reading his ‘Aeneid’ to Octavia and Augustus,” 1788, by Angelica Kauffmann. A legend in ancient Roman history tells of Octavia, the sister of the Emperor Augustus, who faints when…