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Servius Sulpicius Rufus (c. 105 BC – 43 BC), was a Roman orator and jurist. He was consul in 51 BC. [1] Biography. Early life.
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
Denarius with a portrait of Gaius Servilius Ahala Gnaeus Domitius Afer - orator [60] [61] Lucius Afranius - two; poet and consul [ 62 ] [ 63 ] Julius Africanus - two; orator, Christian philosopher [ 64 ] [ 65 ]
Orator is the continuation of a debate between Brutus and Cicero, which originated in his text Brutus, written earlier in the same year. The oldest partial text of Orator was recovered in the monastery of Mont Saint-Michel and now is located in the library at Avranches. [3] Thirty-seven existing manuscripts have been discovered from this text.
Marcus Tullius Cicero [a] (/ ˈ s ɪ s ə r oʊ / SISS-ə-roh; Latin: [ˈmaːrkʊs ˈtʊlli.ʊs ˈkɪkɛroː]; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, writer and Academic skeptic, [4] who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. [5]
Cicero's Brutus (also known as De claris oratoribus) is a history of Roman oratory. It is written in the form of a dialogue, in which Marcus Junius Brutus and Titus Pomponius Atticus ask Cicero to describe the qualities of all the leading Roman orators up to their time. Cicero then attempts to propose a reconstruction of Roman history. [1]
A pulpit orator is a Christian author, often a clergyman, renowned for their ability to write or deliver (from the pulpit in church, hence the word) rhetorically skilled religious sermons. In some universities , the title 'Orator' is given to the official whose task it is to give speeches on ceremonial occasions, such as the presentation of ...
Gaius Scribonius Curio (c. 124 – 53 BC) was a Roman statesman, soldier and a famous orator. He was nicknamed Burbuleius (after an actor) for the way he moved his body while speaking. Curio was noted as a public orator and for the purity of his Latin language. [1]