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De Oratore
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De Oratore is a dialogue written by Cicero in 55 BC. It is set in 91 BC, when Lucius Licinius Crassus dies, just before the Social War and the civil war between Marius and Sulla, during which Marcus Antonius (orator), the other great orator of this dialogue, dies. During this year, the author faces a difficult political situation: after his return from exile in Dyrrachium, his house was destroyed by the gangs of Clodius in a time when violence was common. This was intertwined with the street politics of Rome.
First page of a miniature of Cicero's De oratore, 15th century, Northern Italy, now at the British Museum
First page of a miniature of Cicero's De oratore, 15th century, Northern Italy, now at the British Museum
Lucius Licinius Crassus
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Lucius Licinius Crassus was a Roman orator and statesman who was a Roman consul and censor and who is also one of the main speakers in Cicero's dramatic dialogue on the art of oratory De Oratore, set just before Crassus' death in 91 BC. He was considered the greatest orator of his day by his pupil Cicero.
An orator (Gaius Gracchus) addressing the Roman People
An orator (Gaius Gracchus) addressing the Roman People
First page of a miniature of Cicero's De oratore, 15th century, Northern Italy, now at the British Museum
First page of a miniature of Cicero's De oratore, 15th century, Northern Italy, now at the British Museum