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Coriolanus

Coriolanus was a Roman patrician of the early Republican period of Rome. Coriolanus was banished after a successful military career and sought to get back at the Romans by allying himself with their enemy, the Volscians.
Coriolanus
Plutarch's biography of Coriolanus.
Coriolanus
A summary of Shakespeare's Roman drama about Coriolanus compared with Plutarch's biography of Coriolanus.
Coriolanus
Coriolanus was one of the famous Romans whose biography was written by Plutarch. More famous than Plutarch's biography is Shakepeare's Coriolanus, a Roman military leader who suffered at the hands of his fellow Romans.
Coriolanus
Identification of Coriolanus the Roman leader.

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