Valerius arranges his chapters focused on particular virtues, moral and immoral habits, religious practices. Shackleton baileys pleasing and authoritative translation. Valerius maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings in the reign of tiberius 1437. Valerius maximus, facta et dicta memorabilia, liber qvintvs. Valerius maximus factorum dictorumque memorabilium book 9. An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer perseus any modifications you make. Yet to date there has been no modern english translation of memorable doings and sayings. Books 15 by valerius maximus, d r shackleton bailey translator, d r shackleton bailey editor online at alibris. His work is at best a window into the culture of a bygone civilisation and at worst a miscellanea of bloggable tales. Valerius maximus is the author of memorable doings and sayings, volume i 3.
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Valerius maximus stands alone as an extant prose author of the early principate who devoted specific interest to the romans attitude to religion. Maximus valerius and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Memorable doings and sayings, volume ii, books 6 9 loeb classical library no 493 by valerius maximus abebooks. His version of valerius maximus also deserves praise, merits inclusion in the fine loeb classical library, and fills a major need for an english version of this valuable source. Whatever the authors intention, his book is an interesting source of information on roman attitudes toward religion and moral values in the first century.
Memorable doings and sayings by valerius maximus book. This is the first english translation of, and commentary on, valerius maximus, an early first century ad author. Memorable doings and sayings, volume ii valerius maximus, d. Free translation of valerius maximus facta et dicta memorabilia resources hey, i am currently writing a thesis about the end of the first punic war and stumbeld over valerius maximus book 1, 1. Valerius maximus likes to gather the sayings under thematic headings like modesty, bravery, discipline, ingratitude, etc. Maximus valerius, in tiberius reign composed a handbook of illustrative examples of memorable deeds and sayings, factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri ix. Valerius maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings during the reign of tiberius 1437 ce. His factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri ix nine books of memorable deeds and sayings was written c.
Taken as a whole these stories give a sense of the values that were aspired to by the roman upper classes in the early imperial period. Memorable doings and sayings, volume ii valerius maximus. This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. Richard weigel, classical world greatly admired in antiquity and the renaissance, no complete translation has been rendered in english since 1678.
Free translation of valerius maximus facta et dicta memorabilia. Valerius maximus, memorable doings and sayings, volume i. This work is now added to the loeb classical library, a freshly edited latin text facing d. The collection was very popular in the renaissance and has recently attracted renewed scholarly attention.
Yet to date there has been no modern english translation of memorable. Sep 19, 2015 valerius maximus compiled a book of nearly one thousand historical anecdotes in rome during the reign of tiberius. Born into a poor family, valerius maximus owed everything to sextus pompeius consul ad 14 and proconsul of asia, his friend and patron, whom he accompanied to the east. Hey, i am currently writing a thesis about the end of the first punic war and stumbeld over valerius maximus book 1, 1. Throughout the middle ages and the renaissance, valerius maximus memorable deeds and sayings was the most widely read prose after the bible, but the works vision of ancient history and its authors literary style have since fallen into disrepute. 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. Selected anecdotes by valerius maximus anecdotes from antiquity. Valerius maximus, memorable doings and sayings, volume ii. Yet to date there has been no modern english translation of memorable doings and. There are a total of 91 chapters covering a wide variety of subjects drawn from roman life. Memorable deeds and sayings by valerius maximus, 1998. Valerius maximus, roman historian and moralist who wrote an important book of historical anecdotes for the use of rhetoricians.
Seneca here uses turpis, picking up valerius use of turpiter at 9. Mar 01, 2004 valerius thousand tales are arranged thematically in ninetyone chapters that cover nearly every aspect of life in the ancient world, including such wideranging topics as military discipline, child rearing, and women lawyers. Valerius maximus for the dauphins intellectual and moral preparation. Valerius maximus, facta et dicta memorabilia, liber primvs. Valerius maximus was a latin writer and author of a collection of historical anecdotes. Valerius maximus author of memorable doings and sayings.
Memorable doings and sayings, volume ii, books 69 loeb. Cornelius nepos, quintecurce, justin, valere maxime, julius obsequens. In eight chapters he presents a variety of material selected from earlier authors, such as cicero, livy, and varro, to illustrate central areas of roman religious thought and practice. The memorable doings and sayings runs to nine books. Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri ix nine books of memorable deeds and sayings, also.
This work is the earliest known use of a hierarchical organization system for topics of a book. Valerius maximus in a fourteenthcentury french translation jstor. Free translation of valerius maximus facta et dicta. Aug 01, 2000 memorable doings and sayings, volume ii book.
Metellus vero pontifex maximus postumium consulem eundemque flaminem martialem ad bellum gerendum africam petentem, ne a sacris discederet, multa. Valerius maximus compiled a book of nearly one thousand historical anecdotes in rome during the reign of tiberius. The contrast seneca draws between brave and shameful deaths also recalls the beginning of the preface to 9. Sep 15, 2000 valerius maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings during the reign of tiberius 1437 ce. Dubochet, 1850, also by marcus junianus justinus, quintus curtius rufus, julius obsequens, and cornelius nepos, ed. The importance of this work is that many of valerius maximuss sources are now lost. Valerius maximus factorum dictorumque memorabilium book 9 1782 latin edition maximus, valerius, kappio, joanne on. Valerius maximus article about valerius maximus by the free.
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