De casibus virorum illustrium
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De Casibus Virorum Illustribus ( "On the Fates of Famous Men" ) is a work of 56 biographies in Latin prose composed by the Florentine figure Giovanni Boccaccio of Certaldo about moral stories of the falls of famous men like his work of 106 biographies On Famous Women.
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Lives recounted
In order, directly translated from Latin edition.
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Book One
- Adam and Eve
- Nembroth
- Saturn
- Cadmus, King of Thebes
- Jocasta, Queen of Thebes
- Thyestes and Atreus
- Theseus, King of Athens
- Priam, King of Troy, and his wife Hecuba
- Agamemnon, King of Mycena
- Samson
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Book Two
- Saul, King of Israel
- Rehoboam, King of the Hebrews
- Athaliah, King of Jerusalem
- The Hebrews
- Dido, Queen of Carthage
- Sardanapalus, King of Assyria
- Zedekiah, King of Jerusalem
- Astyages, King of Media
- Croesus, King of the Lydians
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Book Three
- Tarquinius the Great, King of the Romans
- Xerxes I, King of the Persians
- Appius Claudius, the decemvir
- Alcibiades the Athenian
- Hannibal of Carthage
- Artaxerxes, King of the Persians
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Book Four
- Marcus Manlius Capitolinus
- Dionysius of Syracuse
- Polycrates, tyrant of Samo
- Callisthenes the Philosopher
- Alexander of Egypt
- Darius, King of the Persians
- Eumene, leader of Capadocia and Palagonia
- Olympiade, Queen of Macedonia
- Agathocles, King of Sicily
- Arsinoe, Queen of Macedonia
- Pyrrus, King of Egypt
- Arsinoe, Queen of Crete
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Book Five
- Seleucus and Anthiocus, Kings of Asia and Syria
- Marcus Atilius Regulus
- Syphax, King of Numidia
- Anthiocus the Greater, King of Asia and Syria
- Hannibal, leader of Carthage
- Prusia, King of Bithynia
- Perseus, King of Macedonia
- Pseudo-Philip of Macedonia
- Alexander Balas, King of Syria
- Demetrius, King of Syria
- Alxander Zebenna, King of Syria
- Jugurtha, King of the Numidians
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Book Six
- Gaius Marius of Arpinum
- Cleopatra
- Mithridates, King of Pontus
- Orodes, King of Parthia
- Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Marcus Antonius, the Triumvirate and Cleopatra
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Book Seven
- Herod, King of the Jews
- Tiberius Caesar, Gauis Caligula and Valeria Messalina
- Nero Claudius Caesar
- Aulis Vitellius Caesar
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Book Eight
- Francesco Petrarch, the most illustrious author
- Valerian Augustus, the Roman Emperor
- Zenobia, Queen of the Palmyrene Empire
- Diocletian, the Roman Emperor
- Maximian Hercules, the Western Roman Emperor
- Galerius Maximianus
- Julian the Apostate
- Radagaisus, King of the Goths
- King Arthur of the Bretons
- Rosamund, Queen of the Lombards
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See also
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