The Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans

Plutarch demonstrated the idea in his biography series parallel lives. Theyre biographies of notable historical figures, but they come in pairs so that you can observe how one historical figures life is similar to another's. The pair that's easiest for people to day to recognize is the one of alexander the great with the roman figure julius caesar. Other authors have also noted the number of historical parallels nostro damus predictions, with references to a new alexander or a new hannibal. And le messeurier refers to this as the janus effect, after the roman god janus who had two faces, one of which looked to the past