The World of Tacitus' Dialogus de Oratoribus
Title | The World of Tacitus' Dialogus de Oratoribus PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher S. van den Berg |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 359 |
Release | 2014-09-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1316060829 |
Coming to terms with the rhetorical arts of antiquity necessarily illuminates our own ideas of public discourse and the habits of speech to which they have led. Tacitus wrote the Dialogus at a time (ca. 100 CE) when intense scrutiny of the history, the definitions, and the immediate relevance of public speech were all being challenged and refashioned by a host of vibrant intellects and ambitious practitioners. This book challenges the notion that Tacitus sought to explain the decline of oratory under the Principate. Rather, from examination of the dynamics of argument in the dialogue and the underlying literary traditions there emerges a sophisticated consideration of eloquentia in the Roman Empire. Tacitus emulates Cicero's legacy and challenges his position at the top of Rome's oratorical canon. He further shows that eloquentia is a means by which to compete with the power of the Principate.
Cornelii Taciti Dialogus de oratoribus
Title | Cornelii Taciti Dialogus de oratoribus PDF eBook |
Author | Cornelius Tacitus |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 120 |
Release | 1890 |
Genre | Oratory, Ancient |
ISBN |
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Title | Dialogus de Oratoribus PDF eBook |
Author | Tacitus |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 302 |
Release | 1893 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Dialogue on Orators
Title | Dialogue on Orators PDF eBook |
Author | D P Curtin |
Publisher | Independently Published |
Total Pages | 38 |
Release | 2019-05-23 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781099804724 |
The Dialogus de oratoribus is a short work attributed to Tacitus, in dialogue form, on the art of rhetoric. Its date of composition is unknown, though its dedication to Lucius Fabius Justus places its publication around 102 AD.
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Title | Dialogus de Oratoribus PDF eBook |
Author | Cornelius Tacitus |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 168 |
Release | 1898 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The World of Tacitus' Dialogus de Oratoribus
Title | The World of Tacitus' Dialogus de Oratoribus PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher S. van den Berg |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 359 |
Release | 2014-09-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107020905 |
Re-evaluates Tacitus' dialogue about the limits and possibilities of public speech in the Roman Principate.
The Dialogus de Oratoribus
Title | The Dialogus de Oratoribus PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Benson Steele |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 58 |
Release | 1899 |
Genre | |
ISBN |