Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX

by John Briscoe, Valerius Maximus

2004 361 pages eng

"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…