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Orator Date References Ad Caesarem Senem de Re Publica Oratio: Speech on the State, Addressed to Caesar in His Later Years: Sallust discusses Caesar's conquests and wars. Sallust: 46 BCE [1] [2] Ad Litis Censorias: Cato the Elder 184 BCE [3] M. Tullii Ciceronis Orationes in Catilinam: Marcus Tullius Cicero's Orations against Catiline
Brutus is a work by Cicero that explains the history of Roman oratory, and Orator highlights the basic requirements needed to be the best orator. This is important because it helps scholars best estimate when De Optimo Genere Oratorum was written in accordance with these two texts.
The ten Attic orators were considered the greatest Greek orators and logographers of the classical era (5th–4th century BC). They are included in the "Canon of Ten", which probably originated in Alexandria . [ 1 ]
Famous orators were celebrities in ancient Rome, becoming wealthy and prominent in society. The ornate Latin style was the primary form of oration through the mid-20th century. After World War II and the increased use of film and television, the Latin oration style began to fall out of favor.
One example is speeches – some of the most inspiring talks in history have been spoken by female orators like Sojourner Truth, Oprah Winfrey and Susan B. Anthony.
On the Crown has been termed "the greatest speech of the greatest orator in the world". [4] Scholar Richard Claverhouse Jebb, analysing the oratorical contest between Demosthenes and Aeschines in 330 BC, underscores that this fierce debate illustrates the last great phase of political life at Athens. Noteworthy, the combat of eloquence ...
330 BC: "On the Crown" by the Greek orator Demosthenes, which illustrated the last great phase of political life in Athens; 63 BC: "Catiline Orations", given by Marcus Tullius Cicero, the consul of Rome, exposing to the Roman Senate the plot of Lucius Sergius Catilina and his friends to overthrow the Roman government
Demosthenes (Against Meidias, 221)—The orator asked the Athenians to defend their legal system, by making an example of the defendant for the instruction of others. [ 74 ] Demosthenes decided to prosecute his wealthy opponent and wrote the judicial oration Against Meidias .