A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloqu
Written by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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The scene of the Dialogus de Oratoribus, as this work is commonly known, is laid in the sixth year of Vespasian, 75 a.D. The commentators are much divided in their opinions about the real author; his work they all agree is a masterpiece in the kind; written with taste and judgement; entertaining, profound, and elegant. It is normally considered to have been written by Tacitus, even though some ascribe it to Quintilian. The main subject is the decadence of oratory, for which the cause is said to be the decline of the education, both in the family and in the school, of the future orator. In a certain way, it can be considered a miniature art of rhetoric. (Summary by Leni)
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus (58 bis ca. 120) stammte aus einer wohlhabenden Familie in Oberitalien und wurde durch seine Ausbildung wohl schon von Kindesbeinen an auf eine Karriere im römischen Staatsdienst vorbereitet. Er begann seine Laufbahn als Rechtsanwalt, seine intellektuelle Brillanz ließ ihn bald in höchste Ämter aufsteigen. Im Alter von etwa 40 Jahren nahm er seine schriftstellerische Tätigkeit auf. Hauptwerke sind die »Annalen« und die »Historien«, die der römischen Geschichte gelten. - Sowohl als Redner als auch als Schriftsteller ragte Tacitus weit über die meisten seiner Zeitgenossen hinaus. Das Latein seiner Texte gilt als vorbildlich, seine scharfen und sprachlich brillanten Analysen haben das moderne Bild vom Römischen Reich im 1. Jahrhundert n. Chr. wesentlich geprägt.
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