Reading by Example: Valerius Maximus and the Historiography of Exempla

Reading by Example: Valerius Maximus and the Historiography of Exempla
Author :
Publisher : Historiography of Rome and Its
Total Pages : 352
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9004499407
ISBN-13 : 9789004499409
Rating : 4/5 (409 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Reading by Example: Valerius Maximus and the Historiography of Exempla by :

Download or read book Reading by Example: Valerius Maximus and the Historiography of Exempla written by and published by Historiography of Rome and Its. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From footnote-fodder to intellectual: Valerius Maximus, a generally under-appreciated minor author of the early first century AD emerges as a holder of distinct views on Rome's dynasty, their world, on how to behave within that world, and as an influencer of later thought both pagan and Christian.


Reading by Example: Valerius Maximus and the Historiography of Exempla Related Books

Reading by Example: Valerius Maximus and the Historiography of Exempla
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors:
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-12-16 - Publisher: Historiography of Rome and Its

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From footnote-fodder to intellectual: Valerius Maximus, a generally under-appreciated minor author of the early first century AD emerges as a holder of distinct
Exemplary Reading
Language: en
Pages: 329
Authors: Marijke Crab
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This monograph sheds new light on the Renaissance reception of Valerius Maximus, whose collection of Memorable Deeds and Sayings - nowadays little studied - was
Practical Ethics for Roman Gentlemen
Language: en
Pages: 168
Authors: Clive Skidmore
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Liverpool University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The popularity of the work of Valerius Maximus during the Middle Ages and Renaissance was due to its value as a source of moral exhortation and guidance: the wo
Pain Narratives in Greco-Roman Writings
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors:
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-07-03 - Publisher: BRILL

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Why is it so difficult to talk about pain? As we do today, the Greeks and Romans struggled to communicate their pain: this required a rich and subtle vocabulary
Plutarch and his Contemporaries
Language: en
Pages: 511
Authors:
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-02-26 - Publisher: BRILL

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The volume puts into the spotlight overlaps and points of intersection between Plutarch and other writers of the imperial period. It contains twenty-eight contr