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Controversiae

Roman secondary education aimed principally at training future lawyers and politicians. Under the late Republic and the Empire, the main instrument was an import from Greece: declamation, the making of practice speeches on imaginary subjects. There were two types of such speeches: controversiae on law-court themes, suasoriae on deliberative topics. On both types a prime source of our knowledge is the work of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a Spaniard from Cordoba, father of the distinguished philosopher. Towards the end of his long life? These books contained his memories of the famous rhetorical teachers and practitioners of his day: their lines of argument, their methods of approach, their idiosyncrasies, and above all their epigrams. The extracts from the declaimers, though scrappy, throw invaluable light on the influences that coloured the styles of most pagan and many Christian writers of the Empire. Unity is provided by Seneca's own contribution, the lively prefaces, engaging anecdote about speakers, writers and politicians, and brisk criticism of declamatory excess. More Contact Us How to Subscribe. Advanced Search Help. Your current browser may not support copying via this button. Fragments LCL Bibliographic reference Seneca the Elder. Declamations, Volume I: Controversiae, Books

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A controversia is an exercise in rhetoric ; a form of declamation in which the student speaks for one side in a notional legal case such as treason or poisoning. The facts of the matter and relevant law are presented in a persuasive manner, in the style of a legal counsel. Like thesis and suasoria , controversia originated in ancient Greece. On the other hand, hypothesis referred to the particular controversy given by circumstances to a deliberating body for adjudication. The exercise was used in ancient Rome , where it was, with the suasoria , the final stage of a course in rhetoric at an academy. While suasoria required students to persuade a person e.

Roman secondary education aimed principally at training future lawyers and politicians. Under the late Republic and the Empire, the main instrument was an import from Greece: declamation, the making of practice speeches on imaginary subjects. There were two types of such speeches: controversiae on law-court themes, suasoriae on deliberative topics. On both types a prime source of our knowledge is the work of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a Spaniard from Cordoba, father of the distinguished philosopher. Towards the end of his long life? These books contained his memories of the famous rhetorical teachers and practitioners of his day: their lines of argument, their methods of approach, their idiosyncrasies, and above all their epigrams. The extracts from the declaimers, though scrappy, throw invaluable light on the influences that coloured the styles of most pagan and many Christian writers of the Empire.

Controversiae

Nec ad conplectenda tantum quae vellem velox mihi erat memoria, sed etiam ad continenda quae acceperat solebat bonae fidei esse: 1 nunc et aetate quassata et longa desidia, quae iuvenilem quoque animum dissolvit, eo perducta est ut, etiamsi potest aliquid praestare. Diu ab illa nihil repetivi: nunc quia iubetis quid possit experiar et illam omni cura scrutabor. Ex parte enim bene spero: nam quaecumque apud illam aut puer aut iuvenis deposui, quasi recentia aut 3M modo audita sine cunctatione profert; at si qua illi intra proximos annos commisi, sic perdidit et amisit ut, etiamsi saepius ingerantur, totiens tamen tam- 4 quam nova audiam. Ita ex memoria mea quantum vobis satis sit superest; neque enim de his me interrogatis quos ipsi audistis, sed de his qui ad vos usque non pervenerunt. Fiat quod vultis: mittatur senex in scholas. Illud necesse est inpetrem, ne me quasi certum aliquem ordinem velitis sequi in contrahendis quae mihi occurrent; necesse est enim per omnia studia mea errem et passim quidquid obvenerit adprehendam.

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Antonio Mureto correcta et notis eius illustrata, ut etiam Fr. Your current browser may not support copying via this button. Instead, by testimony of the son Seneca from his De Vita Patris , his father remained all his life a private gentleman. Imprints and Trademarks. Item annotationibus Joan. Russo's review of Maria Chiara Scappaticcio, Seneca the Elder and his rediscovered 'Historiae ab initio bellorum civilium'. The scroll was first excavated probably in , and partially unrolled in the early nineteenth century. So far as Rome the City was concerned, we must believe him. Corporate Social Responsiblity. Categories : Pedagogy Rhetoric. Content Metrics. There were two types of such speeches: controversiae on law-court themes, suasoriae on deliberative topics. We Buy Books!

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Reprinted from edition. Your current browser may not support copying via this button. Growing up in Spain of wealth and equestrian rank, Seneca the Elder here Seneca was a young contemporary of the venerable Roman orator Cicero , whose voice of advocacy he might have sought out were he reared in Italy. Previous 1 2 Next List Grid. On the other hand, hypothesis referred to the particular controversy given by circumstances to a deliberating body for adjudication. Brill Fink. Annael Senecae Rhetoris Suasoriae. Ein gut erhaltenes Exemplar mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Online User and Order Help. Ships from Southampton, New York. Conference and Book Fairs.