Facta et Dicta Memorabilia
Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium Libri Novem
A dedicated-to-Tiberius collection of historical anecdotes organized by moral theme rather than chronology, Valerius Maximus's handbook of memorable deeds and sayings supplied later rhetoricians and writers with a ready reference of exemplary Roman and foreign conduct.
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