This essay focuses on the dating of the Major Declamations and the interrelations between the speeches handed down to us in this collection. Since the late XIX century, scholarship has singled out a number of linguistic and stylistic indicators pointing to internal connections among the extant pieces, with the aim of ascribing them to a number of authors of the imperial age. This study assesses the findings of previous inquiries in the light of a renewed analysis of the individual declamations. Account being taken not only of language and style, but also of clause-rhythm, references to the Roman legal background, and a number of hints as to the expected audience of the speeches, it is argued that the Major Declamations were the work of a number of teachers (or advanced students) of rhetoric, on a time span ranging
Inter ignes et flagella: uses of torture in the Major Declamations
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Orazioni di senatori nel primo principato: fra tecnica declamatoria e saperi giuridici
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Le Declamazioni maggiori: istruzioni agli storici
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Personaggi storici nella declamazione latina: qualche riflessione su Alessandro Magno
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