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The Anthony Trollope Library

The Life of Cicero Volume II Chapter 11 - Cicero’s Rhetoric Part 1

Jul 31, 2026 · 37 min · 11 segments

In which we are led through the extensive range of Cicero's literary endeavours, from his oratory and letters to his philosophical treatises, with an especial focus on the treatise De Oratore, wherein…

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Chapter eleven, part one of The Life of Cicero, Volume Two.

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The Life of Cicero, Volume Two by Anthony Trollope.

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Lucius Licinius CrassusPersonOrator and former Roman consul
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RhetoricEntityAcademic discipline
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On the ideal OratorBookBook by Cicero
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HortensiusEntity
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On Academic SkepticismBookBook by Cicero
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VirtueEntity
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LatinEntitySpoken language
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De InventioneBookBook by Cicero
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Marcus Fabius QuintilianusPersonRoman educator
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BrutusBookBook by Cicero
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AugustusPersonFormer Roman emperor
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Quintus Lutatius CatulusPersonPoet
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PlatoPersonPhilosopher
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PlagiarismEntity
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Anthony TrollopePersonEnglish novelist and civil servant
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De Optimo Genere OratorumBookBook by Cicero
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Partitiones OratoriaeBookBook by Cicero
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Publius Clodius PulcherPersonPolitician
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De DivinationeBookBook by Cicero
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De LegibusBookBook by Cicero
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De Natura DeorumBookBook by Cicero
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Quintus CornificiusPersonOrator
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EnniusPersonWriter and poet
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Gaius LaeliusPersonStatesman
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HomerPersonAncient Greek poet
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House of Commons of the United KingdomCompanyGoverning body
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HoracePersonRoman poet
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VirgilPersonRoman poet
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PindarPersonLyric poet
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StesichorusPersonPoet
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CiceroPersonRoman statesman and lawyer
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AeschinesPersonStatesman
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DemosthenesPersonGreek statesman
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Marcus Terentius VarroPersonPolymath
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Tusculanae DisputationesEntity
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EpicureanismEntity
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StoicismEntity
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AristotlePersonGreek philosopher and polymath
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Trebatius TestaPersonJurist
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Cato Maior de SenectuteBookEssay by Cicero
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Laelius de AmicitiaBookBook by Cicero
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RhetoricLiterature > Classical Literature > Roman Literature > Cicero
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Political LifeHistory > Ancient History > Roman History > Cicero
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PhilosophyLiterature > Classical Literature > Roman Literature > Cicero
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Moral EssaysLiterature > Classical Literature > Roman Literature > Cicero
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