The topic of this thesis is Valerius Maximus' value as a Roman historian. Therefore, the contents of the thesis are concerned only with the passages in Valerius Maximus' book On Memorable Deeds and Sayings, which deal directly with Roman history. Also, because of the nature of this thesis, I have used only those passages which relate events from 300 B.C. to 14 A.D. I have endeavoured, throughout this thesis, to present a purely objective study of Valerius Maximus. In order to do this, all facets involving the information of the said period of Roman history, which is included in his book, have been shown. My work is divided into four chapters. [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.116762 |
| Date | January 1965 |
| Creators | Armbruster, Barbara I. |
| Contributors | Gordon, C. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts. (Department of Classics. ) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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