Rhetoric at Rome

This new edition of M.L. Clarke's 1953 classic study of Roman rhetoric incorporates corrections and a new introduction by D.H. Berry. The bibliography has been substantially updated and supplemented by suggestions for further reading. Introduction to the third edition I THE GREEK BACKGROUND II RHETORIC AT ROME UNDER THE REPUBLIC III ARS RHETORICA IV ROMAN ORATORY BEFORE CICERO V CICERO’S RHETORICAL THEORY VI CICERONIAN ORATORY I VII CICERONIAN ORATORY II VIII DECLAMATION IX ORATORY UNDER THE EMPIRE X QUINTILIAN AND RHETORICAL THEORY XI QUINTILIAN AND RHETORICAL TEACHING XII THE AGE OF THE ANTONINES XIII RHETORIC IN THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE XIV RHETORIC AND CHRISTIANITY XV CONCLUSION