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Valerius Maximus & the rhetoric of the new nobility
Rome, history, republic, 510-30 b.c
Rhetoric, Ancient
Authors and readers
Ancient Rhetoric
Nobility
Historiography
History and criticism
History
Throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Valerius Maximus' Memorable Deeds and Sayings was the most widely read prose after the Bible, but the work's vision of ancient history and its author's literary style have since fallen into disrepute. Martin Bloomer revives the classic to examine how, …
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