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Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library. 1.2. Seller Inventory # 353-0872206742-acp
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Title: Memorable Deeds and Sayings: A Thousand ...
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Fair
About this title
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.
Henry John Walker is Lecturer in Classical and Medieval Studies, Bates College.
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