01810nam 2200325 450 99619905750331620231103112245.00-674-99541-4(CKB)3820000000012194(NjHacI)993820000000012194(EXLCZ)99382000000001219420231103d2000 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMemorable Doings and SayingsVolume I /Valerius MaximusCambridge, Mass. :Harvard University Press,2000.1 online resourceValerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings during the reign of Tiberius (14-37 CE). The collection was very popular in the Renaissance and has recently attracted renewed scholarly attention. Valerius arranges his instructive examples in short chapters, each focused on a particular virtue, vice, religious practice, or traditional custom--including Omens, Dreams, Anger, Cruelty, Bravery, Fidelity, Gratitude, Friendship, Parental Love. The moral undercurrent of this collection is readily apparent. But Valerius tells us that the book's purpose is practical: he decided to select worthwhile material from famous writers so that people looking for illustrative examples might be spared the trouble of research. Whatever the author's intention, his book is an interesting source of information on Roman attitudes toward religion and moral values in the first century. - Publisher.RomeSocial life and customs937Maximus Valerius175510NjHacINjHaclBOOK996199057503316Facta et dicta memorabilia1478851UNISA