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Valerius Maximus
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early 1st century AD Roman professional rhetorician, historian and author
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Ancient Rome
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Notable work
- Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX
- Image
- Valère Maxime ; La Chronique de Nuremberg ; p. 259 - f. 93.jpg
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- date of death
- 0100-00-00
- date of birth
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- floruit
- 0027-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- time period
- Roman Empire
- writing language
- Latin
- has works in the collection
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- P13311
- Togliatti surface
- P8168
- Early Triassic
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Valerius Maximus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Dictorum factorumque memorabilium libri novem, ad optimas edit. collati [Texto impreso]
Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX [Manuscrito]
Valerio Massimo [Manuscrito] :]tradotto in lingua siciliana
Facta et dicta memorabilia [Manuscrito]
Liber Valerii Maximi dictorum et factorum memorabilium urbis romane exterarumque gentium [Manuscrito]
De'detti et fatti memorabili [Manuscrito]
Factorum dictorumque memorabilium, libri novem [Texto impreso]
Opus Posthumum, Ex Umbris In Lucem solerte vindicatum; Juvandæque tantisper claritatis gratiâ, Amplius Dimidio Versuum Numero sparsim adauctum; Nec non Ad Calcem cujusque Libri Indiculô instructum
Detti e fatti memorabili (tradotti da Giorgio Dati).
Sammlung merkwürdiger Reden und Thaten, übers. von Friedrich Hoffmann.
Facta et dicta memorabilia
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Encyclopedic overview
Page from an incunable of Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, printed in red and black by Peter Schöffer (Mainz, 1471) Valerius Maximus (/vəˈlɪəriəs ˈmæksɪməs/) was a 1st-century Latin writer and author of a collection of historical anecdotes: Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX [it] ("Nine books of memorable deeds and sayings", also known as De factis dictisque memorabilibus or Facta et dicta memorabilia). He worked during the reign of Tiberius (14 AD to 37 AD).
During the Middle Ages, Valerius Maximus was one of the most copied Latin prose authors, second only to Priscian. More than 600 medieval manuscripts of his books have survived as a result.
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