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To publish or not to publish, this is the question: Lucio Licinio Crasso and the written transmission of oratory in Rome between 2nd and 1st century b.C.
Published
December 27, 2021
Keywords
- pre-ciceronian oratory,
- Lucius Licinius Crassus,
- publication of orations
How to Cite
Corsaro, C. (2021). To publish or not to publish, this is the question: Lucio Licinio Crasso and the written transmission of oratory in Rome between 2nd and 1st century b.C. Una Κοινῇ - Magazine of Studies on the Classic and Its Reception in Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature, (2), 10-33. Retrieved from https://unakoine.it/index.php/unaK/article/view/66
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Abstract
The paper examines the topic of the publication of orations at Rome in the pre-ciceronian period, with specific attention to the experience of Lucius
Licinius Crassus (140-91 BC): in a town where literacy and, in parallel, the practice of copying down speeches were slowly spreading, Crassus devoted himself to this task mainly during his youth and in relation to orations of deliberative genre, in order to be recognized as an orator and a politician endowed with eloquence, respectfulness and auctoritas.