Quintilian

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Quintilian was a renowned 1st-century Roman rhetorician and educator best known for his influential work "Institutio Oratoria," which shaped Western rhetorical theory and pedagogy.

All labels observed (4)

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Quintilian canonical 15
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus 1
Quintilianus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman
author
person
rhetorician
teacher
birthDate c. 35 CE
birthPlace Calagurris
Calahorra
Hispania Tarraconensis
linked to: Tarraconensis

Roman Empire
citizenship Roman Empire
cognomen Quintilianus
linked to: Quintilian
countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
deathDate c. 96 CE
employer Roman state
era 1st century CE
Silver Age of Latin literature
familyName Fabius
fieldOfWork education
oratory
rhetoric
fullName Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
linked to: Quintilian
genre educational treatise
rhetorical theory
givenName Marcus
influenced Renaissance humanist education
Western rhetorical theory
medieval rhetorical education
rhetorical pedagogy in Europe
influencedBy Aristotle
Cicero
Roman rhetorical tradition
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
mainInterest moral education of the orator
training the ideal orator
name Quintilian
notableWork Institutio Oratoria
linked to: Institutio oratoria

Institutio Oratoria libri duodecim
linked to: Institutio oratoria
occupation author
rhetorician
teacher of rhetoric
philosophicalConcept the good man skilled in speaking
vir bonus dicendi peritus
positionHeld imperial professor of rhetoric
public teacher of rhetoric
teacher in Rome
timePeriod Flavian dynasty
reign of Domitian
reign of Vespasian
workLocation Rome

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Referenced by (18)

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Livy influenced Quintilian
Demosthenes influenced Quintilian
Pliny the Younger educatedBy Quintilian
Isocrates influenced Quintilian
Rhetoric influenced Quintilian
Pindar influenced Quintilian
Alcaeus of Mytilene quotedBy Quintilian
Poggio Bracciolini discovered Quintilian’s Institutio oratoria
linked to: Quintilian
Angelo Poliziano influencedBy Quintilian
Étienne Dolet influencedBy Quintilian
Quintilian name Quintilian
Quintilian fullName Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
linked to: Quintilian
Quintilian cognomen Quintilianus
linked to: Quintilian
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus studiedUnder Quintilian
subject linked to: Gaius