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Quintilian
Roman rhetorician
Also known as: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
Quick Facts
- Latin in full:
- Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
- Born:
- ad 35, Calagurris Nassica, Hispania Tarraconensis
- Died:
- after 96, , Rome
- Notable Works:
- “Institutio oratoria”
- Movement / Style:
- Silver Age
- Subjects Of Study:
- Ancient Greek literature
- Latin literature
- oratory
- rhetoric
Quintilian (born ad 35, Calagurris Nassica, Hispania Tarraconensis—died after 96, Rome) was a Latin teacher and writer whose work on rhetoric, Institutio oratoria, is a major contribution to educational theory and literary criticism. Quintilian was born in northern Spain, but he was probably educated in Rome, where he afterward received some practical training from the leading orator of the day, Domitius Afer. He then practiced for a time as an advocate in the law courts. He left for his native Spain sometime after 57 but returned to Rome in 68 and began to teach rhetoric, combining this with advocacy in ...(100 of 1012 words)