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When did Plutarch write Lives?

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Plutarch of Chaeronea (c. 46 - 120) wrote many works of which 48 biographies and 75 other works (MORALIA) survive. His LIVES are essentially character studies. He did not write them during any one year, but he wrote them over the course of many years.

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