Memorable Deeds and Sayings: A Thousand Tales from Ancient Rome

<p>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.</p>

History

Valerius Maximus

Henry J. Walker

Ancient Civilizations

Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

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Memorable Deeds and Sayings: A Thousand Tales from Ancient Rome