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'''Plutarch''' was a [[Greek]] [[historian]], [[biographer]], and [[priest]] who lived from 46 to 127 AD.

'''Plutarch''' was a [[Greek]] [[historian]], [[biographer]], and [[priest]] who lived from 46 to 127 AD.

He wrote ''Parallel Lives'' (''Vitae Parallae''), comparing great [[Roman]] and [[Greek]] men, to illustrate the similarities between the peoples in an attempt to bring their societies into greater [[harmony]].  This goal, arguably realized, was an extension of the [[Hellenization]] of the [[Roman Republic]] that occurred in the centuries prior to Plutarch's life.

He wrote ''Parallel Lives'' (''Vitae Parallae''), comparing great [[Roman]] and [[Greek]] men, to illustrate the similarities between the peoples in an attempt to bring their societies into greater [[harmony]].  This goal, arguably realized, was an extension of the [[Hellenization]] of the [[Roman Republic]] that occurred in the centuries prior to Plutarch's life and could be seen in the merging of their pantheon of gods.

[[category:Ancient Rome]]

[[category:Ancient Rome]]

[[category:Historians]]

[[category:Historians]]