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... distinguished rhetorician ; a disciple of Tisias and Empe- docles ; he lived to a very great age , one hundred and five or eight years ; the period of his greatest activity is somewhere between 496 a . C. , Ol . 71 , 1 and 400 a . C ...
... distinguished rhetorician ; a disciple of Tisias and Empe- docles ; he lived to a very great age , one hundred and five or eight years ; the period of his greatest activity is somewhere between 496 a . C. , Ol . 71 , 1 and 400 a . C ...
Page 141
... distinguished himself as one of the naval commanders of Pompey in the war against the pirates , 67 a . C. , 687 U. c .; a partisan of Pompey , he commanded an army in Spain , 49 a . C. , 705 U. c .; after the death of Pompey , 48 a . C ...
... distinguished himself as one of the naval commanders of Pompey in the war against the pirates , 67 a . C. , 687 U. c .; a partisan of Pompey , he commanded an army in Spain , 49 a . C. , 705 U. c .; after the death of Pompey , 48 a . C ...
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... distinguished tragic poet , wrote a work on dramatic poetry , Didascalica , to which was appended a history of Greek and Roman dramatic poets . He was born in the consulship of A. Hostilius Mancinus and ― - - - - A. Atilius Serranus 170 ...
... distinguished tragic poet , wrote a work on dramatic poetry , Didascalica , to which was appended a history of Greek and Roman dramatic poets . He was born in the consulship of A. Hostilius Mancinus and ― - - - - A. Atilius Serranus 170 ...
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... distinguished historian , Q. Fabius Pictor . - Q. Fabius Labeo ; it is doubtful who he was , unless Cicero means him who was cons . 183 a . C. , 571 U. c . — -Q . Metellus ; Q. Cæcilius Metellus Macedonicus as pr . conquered and made ...
... distinguished historian , Q. Fabius Pictor . - Q. Fabius Labeo ; it is doubtful who he was , unless Cicero means him who was cons . 183 a . C. , 571 U. c . — -Q . Metellus ; Q. Cæcilius Metellus Macedonicus as pr . conquered and made ...
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... distinguished him- self as pr . in Spain 153 a . C. , 601 U. c .; cons . with Cn . Corn . Lentulus , conquered the Achæans , destroyed Corinth 146 a . C. , 608 U. c .; cens . with P. Scipio Africanus 142 a . C. , 612 U. c . Sp . Mummius ...
... distinguished him- self as pr . in Spain 153 a . C. , 601 U. c .; cons . with Cn . Corn . Lentulus , conquered the Achæans , destroyed Corinth 146 a . C. , 608 U. c .; cens . with P. Scipio Africanus 142 a . C. , 612 U. c . Sp . Mummius ...
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Page 112 - Volo hoc oratori contingat, ut cum auditum sit eum esse dicturum, locus in subselliis occupetur, compleatur tribunal, gratiosi scribae sint in dando et cedendo loco...
Page 54 - Sic enim, inquam, Brute, existimo, iuris civilis magnum usum et apud Scaevolam et apud multos fuisse, artem in hoc uno. Quod nunquam effecisset ipsius iuris scientia, nisi eam praeterea didicisset artem, quae doceret rem universam tribuere in partes, latentem explicare definiendo, obscuram explanare interpretando, ambigua primum videre, deinde distinguere, postremo habere regulam, qua vera et falsa iudicarentur et quae quibus propositis essent quaeque non essent consequentia.
Page 22 - At quern virum, du boni ! mitto civem aut senatorem aut imperatorem : oratorem enim hoc loco quaerimus : quis illo gravior in laudando acerbior in vituperando in sententiis argutior in docendo edisserendoque subtilior?
Page 21 - ... generis occidisset, et ad memoriam laudum domesticarum et ad illustrandam nobilitatem suam. Quamquam his laudationibus historia rerum nostrarum est facta mendosior. Multa enim scripta sunt in eis quae facta non sunt, falsi triumph!, plures consulatus, genera etiam falsa et ad plebem transitiones, cum homines humiliores in alienum eiusdem nominis infunderentur genus ; ut si ego me a M'.
Page 15 - Sicilia tyrannis res privatae longo intervallo iucliciis repeterentur, turn primum, quod esset acuta ilia gens et controversiae nata, artem et praecepta Siculos Coracem et Tisiam conscripsisse; nam antea neminem solitum via nee arte, sed accurate tarnen et de scripto plerosque dicere...
Page 109 - Curio turn etiam accuratius quoddam dicendi et exquisitius afferebat genus; quod quamquam scienter eleganterque tractabat, nimium tarnen inquirens in se atque ipse sese observans metuensque, ne vitiosum colligeret, etiam verum sanguinem deperdebat.
Page 97 - Solum quidem, inquit ille, et quasi fundamentum oratoris vides locutionem emendatam et Latinara; cujus penes quos laus adhuc fuit, non fuit rationis aut scientiae sed quasi bonae consuetudinis.
Page 99 - Caesar autem rationem adhibens consuetudinem vitiosam et corruptam pura et incorrupta consuetudine emendat.
Page 47 - Latini sermonis integritas, quae perspici cum ex orationibus ejus potest turn facillime ex eo libro, quern de consulatu et de rebus gestis suis conscriptum molli et Xenophonteo genere sermonis misit ad A. Furium poetara familiärem suum ; qui liber nihilo notior est quam illi tres, de quibus ante dixi, Scauri libri.
Page 100 - Valde quidem, inquam, probandos ; nudi enim sunt, recti et venusti, omni ornatu orationis tamquam veste detracta. Sed dum voluit alios habere parata, unde sumerent qui vellent scribere historiam, ineptis gratum fortasse fecit, qui...