Resumen de Roman rhetoric and ‘correspondence education': the epistolary 'viva vox' of Marcus Cornelius Fronto
The idealized ‘viva vox’ of face‐to‐face instruction, expressed by Quintilian and Seneca, offers a thematic paradigm for examining Fronto's pedagogical ‘self‐lettering’. Fronto's didactic letters facilitate the long‐distance rhetorical education of Marcus Aurelius, but beyond their pragmatic role, they also function symbolically to promulgate Fronto's status and intimacy with the imperial court
