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Quintilian
A Roman teacher of rhetoric whose ideas on education and eloquence shaped readers for centuries, he is best known for turning public speaking into a full program of moral and intellectual formation.
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Unterricht in der Beredsamkeit
by Quintilian
About the author
Born around AD 35 in Calagurris in Hispania, Quintilian became one of the best-known teachers of rhetoric in Rome. Ancient sources place his life into the late first century AD, and he is generally thought to have died sometime after AD 96.
His surviving masterpiece, Institutio Oratoria, is a wide-ranging work in twelve books on the education of an orator. It goes far beyond speech technique, discussing childhood learning, reading, character, memory, style, and the responsibilities of a good speaker.
What keeps Quintilian interesting is how modern he can feel: he cared about teaching methods, the development of young minds, and the link between skill and integrity. For readers interested in rhetoric, classical education, or the history of teaching, he remains one of the central voices of the ancient world.