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Quintilian was born in Spain about A.D. 35; he became a well-known and prosperous teacher of rhetoric in Rome, probably the first to receive a salary as such from public funds. His Institutio Oratoria (Training of an Orator), a comprehensive training program in twelve books,... Read Full Overview

L'Institution oratoire (De institutione oratoria) rassemble l'experience de Quintilien sur l'eloquence. Il traite de l'instruction elementaire, de l'inspiration et de la maniere d'agencer la matiere, de l'exprimer et de la memoriser, de l'expose, de l'orateur et du discours.