sylla1

Have you ever read the biographies written by these authors?

Being that the case; have the content of such works even been useful in any way for your regular live & world?

Please explain your answer as detailed as possible.

Thanks in advance.

Lawnmowerman

Do they have a section on lawn care and maintenance, if not then no.....

Louise C

I thought The Twelve Caesars was very entertaining, but I can't say I have found it useful in daily life. There is nothing about the lives of the Caesars that resembles my own in any way. Which is just as well.

Lawnmowerman

Did any of them do ther own gardening???

gaius valerius

I've read the Nine Lives of Plutarch and since it's historically full of hiats I mainly find it interesting, it's useful to me in that it's simply cultural baggage of which I'm quite fond though sadly it can generally not be shared with most people around you since throwing around a quote of Plutarch will unanimously be welcomed with an akward silence... It's not going to learn my how to build a house or cure disease. What answer are you looking for anyway? How could ancient authors who wrote histories with all their inaccuracies be helpful in a practical way?

sylla1

Just for the record; which nine lives?

Louise C

Not that I can recall. They had quite diverse interests, but horticulture wasn't one of them as far as I can remember.

unclefred

I'm very careful when eating mushrooms now.

gaius valerius

Sorry my bad: it was the bundle "Fall of the Roman Republic", and its six lives.

Kirialax

Yes! They're great sources for telling stories to children and the less academically inclined, due to their high entertainment value.