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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.

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Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- DE VALERII MAXIMI VITA ET SCRIPTIS -- DE FONTIBVS VALERII MAXIMI -- DE VALERII MAXIMI AVCTORITATE ET FIDE HISTORICA -- DE VALERII MAXIMI STILO ET DICENDI GENERE -- HISTORIA CRITICA VALERIANI OPERIS -- DE IVLIO PARIDE, VALERJI MAXIMI ABBREVIATORE -- DE IANVARIO NEPOTIANO ET ALUS VALEEUI MAXIMI ABBREVI ATORIBVS -- DE VALERII MAXIMI CODICIBVS MANVSCRIPTIS -- SIGLA CODICVM -- CAPITVLA LIBRORVM VALERE MAXIMI FACTORVM ET DICTORVM MEMORABILIVM -- VALERI MAXIMI FACTORYM ET DICTORVM MEMORABILIVM -- LIBER PRIMVS -- LIBER SECVNDVS -- LIBER TERTIVS -- LIBER QVARTVS -- LIBER QVINTVS -- LIBER SEXTVS -- LIBER SEPTIMVS -- LIBER OCTAVVS -- LEBER NONVS -- INCERTI AVCTORIS LIBER -- EXCVRSVS I -- EXCVRSVS II -- INDEX

Written primarily in Latin, 1998 edition

This is a collection of notable deeds and sayings which Valerius Maximus compiled during the reign of Tiberius. The collection was popular in the Renaissance and has recently attracted renewed scholarly attention.

The first English translation and commentary on Valerius Maximus, an under-utilized author of the early 1st century AD. His collection of examples of Roman religious practice and thought offers a unique perspective from the early principate on Roman beliefs about their religious heritage, without the contamination of Judaeo-Christian thought.