The past may be forgotten, but it never dies. The elements which in the most remote times have entered into a nation's composition endure through all its history, and help to mould that history, and to stamp the character and genius of the people (book with 64 full-page illustrations)
Scott 2009 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Vol. 1-6
Scott Publishing Co. has been serving stamp collectors for more than 140 years. The company is known around the world as the publisher of the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue. It is the only catalogue produced on an annual basis that values and identifies all the stamps of the world.
Though he was Greek, Plutarch wrote his Roman Lives in the first century AD, a world dominated by the Roman Empire.
Here he considers some of the major figures who had left their stamp on the history of Rome, including generals, rulers, philosophers, and politicians.
