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Coriolanus (Play)Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare based on the life of the legendary Roman leader. The tragedy revolves around Caius Martius Coriolanus, a brilliant Roman general who ultimately is banished from Rome and leads an assault on that same city. Only the pleadings of his mother stop him from sacking Rome, a change of heart which leads to his destruction. This is one of Shakespeare's later plays, appearing about 1607. Shakespeare's "Tragedy" was largely based on the Life of Coriolanus as it was described in Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans External links - Text of the play by Shakespeare:
- Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus :
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