1671 Valerius Maximus Dictorum Factorum ROME Tiberius Scipio Latin Vellum
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1671 Valerius Maximus Dictorum Factorum ROME Tiberius Scipio Latin Vellum
A rare printing of Valeriuss “Dictorum et Factorum” or Historical Anecdotes. This work is a collection of short stories, sayings, and phrases, memorial to Tiberius Caesar, who was reigning during Valerius lifetime. These anecdotes depict ancient Greek life and philosophy as well as famous kings and Caesars. Many modern historians claim that Valeriuss work was taken from Cicero, Livy, and Sallust, as well as other ancient historians and philosophers, rather than creating original works.
However, many of the topics he writes about were controversial and unusual for the time – he wrote on homosexuality within the Roman army and the aristocracy of ancient Greece. While homosexually itself was written on, it was only considered tolerable in a master-slave relationship; not within a public and high status sense. Other topics include omens, revenge, superstitious cults, women lawyers, modesty, crimes, and conflicting political views. Notable names mentioned in this famous work include Scipio Africanus, Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus, and Alexander the Great!
Item number: #20474
Price: $499
MAXIMUS, Valerius
Valerii Maximi dictorum factorumque memorabilium, libri IX
Roterodami: ex officina Arnoldi Leers, 1671.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[24], 554, [26]
Includes added engraved title page
Provenance: Sticker – Johann Melchior Presburg
Language: Latin
Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
Size: ~5.5in X 3.5in (14cm x 9cm)
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A rare printing of Valeriuss “Dictorum et Factorum” or Historical Anecdotes. This work is a collection of short stories, sayings, and phrases, memorial to Tiberius Caesar, who was reigning during Valerius lifetime. These anecdotes depict ancient Greek life and philosophy as well as famous kings and Caesars. Many modern historians claim that Valeriuss work was taken from Cicero, Livy, and Sallust, as well as other ancient historians and philosophers, rather than creating original works.
However, many of the topics he writes about were controversial and unusual for the time – he wrote on homosexuality within the Roman army and the aristocracy of ancient Greece. While homosexually itself was written on, it was only considered tolerable in a master-slave relationship; not within a public and high status sense. Other topics include omens, revenge, superstitious cults, women lawyers, modesty, crimes, and conflicting political views. Notable names mentioned in this famous work include Scipio Africanus, Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus, and Alexander the Great!
Item number: #20474
Price: $499
MAXIMUS, Valerius
Valerii Maximi dictorum factorumque memorabilium, libri IX
Roterodami: ex officina Arnoldi Leers, 1671.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[24], 554, [26]
Includes added engraved title page
Provenance: Sticker – Johann Melchior Presburg
Language: Latin
Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
Size: ~5.5in X 3.5in (14cm x 9cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
20474
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1671 Valerius Maximus Dictorum Factorum ROME Tiberius Scipio Latin Vellum
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