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- catalog abstract ""Popular in its day both as a sourcebook for writers and orators and as a guidebook for living a moral life, this remarkably rich document serves as an engaging introduction to the cultural and moral history of ancient Rome. Valerius' "thousand tales" are arranged thematically in ninety-one chapters that cover nearly every aspect of life in the ancient world, including such wide-ranging topics as military discipline, child rearing, and women lawyers. As a whole, the work gives the reader fascinating insights into what it felt like to be an ancient Roman, what the ancient Romans really believed, what their private world was like, how they related to one another, and what they did when nobody was watching." -- publisher".
- catalog alternative "Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX. English".
- catalog contributor b13240941.
- catalog contributor b13240942.
- catalog coverage "Rome Civilization Early works to 1800.".
- catalog coverage "Rome Social life and customs Early works to 1800.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Popular in its day both as a sourcebook for writers and orators and as a guidebook for living a moral life, this remarkably rich document serves as an engaging introduction to the cultural and moral history of ancient Rome. Valerius' "thousand tales" are arranged thematically in ninety-one chapters that cover nearly every aspect of life in the ancient world, including such wide-ranging topics as military discipline, child rearing, and women lawyers. As a whole, the work gives the reader fascinating insights into what it felt like to be an ancient Roman, what the ancient Romans really believed, what their private world was like, how they related to one another, and what they did when nobody was watching." -- publisher".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xxxi, 361 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0872206742 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0872206750".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng lat".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Indianapolis, IN : Hackett Pub.,".
- catalog spatial "Rome Civilization Early works to 1800.".
- catalog spatial "Rome Social life and customs Early works to 1800.".
- catalog subject "937/.02 22".
- catalog subject "Anecdotes Early works to 1800.".
- catalog subject "DG78 .V3513 2004".
- catalog subject "Didactic literature, Latin Translations into English.".
- catalog subject "Exempla Translations into English.".
- catalog title "Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX. English".
- catalog title "Memorable deeds and sayings : one thousand tales from ancient Rome / Valerius Maximus ; translated, with introduction, by Henry J. Walker.".
- catalog type "Early works. fast".
- catalog type "Translations. fast".
- catalog type "text".