Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome by Gregory S. Aldrete

Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome

Ancient Society and History

Gregory S. Aldrete

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nonfiction history
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Life in Rome was relentlessly public, and oratory was at its heart. Orations were dramatic spectacles in which the speaker deployed an arsenal of rhetorical tricks and strategies aimed at arousing the emotions of the audience, and spectators respo...

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