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Ancient Roman rhetoricians
- CiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero was born on the 3rd of January 106 BC in the hill town of Arpinum. His family belonged to the wealthy equestrian order, yet his name…
- TacitusPublius Cornelius Tacitus was born in 56 or 57 AD into an equestrian family. His birthplace remains unknown, though scholars suggest Gallia Narbonensis or…
- Augustine of HippoIn 354, Augustine was born in the small North African town of Thagaste. His mother Monica was a devout Christian who prayed constantly for his conversion.
- QuintilianMarcus Fabius Quintilianus arrived in the world around 35 AD within the town of Calagurris, now known as Calahorra in La Rioja.
- Martianus CapellaMartianus Minneus Felix Capella was a jurist and prose writer from the city of Madaura in Roman Africa. This place is now known as Souk Ahras, Algeria.
- ApuleiusApuleius was born in Madauros, a colonia on the North African coast bordering Gaetulia. He described himself as half-Numidian and half-Gaetulian.
- AusoniusDecimus Magnus Ausonius entered the world in Burdigala, a city now known as Bordeaux, France. His father Julius Ausonius practiced medicine and traced his…
- Mardonius (philosopher)Mardonius was a eunuch of Gothic origin who grew up as a slave in the household of Julius Julianus. This praetorian prefect of Licinius trained him from an…