That Tyrant, Persuasion: How Rhetoric Shaped the Roman World by J E Lendon

That Tyrant, Persuasion: How Rhetoric Shaped the Roman World

J E Lendon

328 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

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How rhetorical training influenced deeds as well as words in the Roman EmpireThe assassins of Julius Caesar cried out that they had killed a tyrant, and days later their colleagues in the Senate proposed rewards for this act of tyrannicide. The ki...

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