Oratorie, argumentare și comunicare în Roma antică
Oratory, argumentation and communication in ancient Rome

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on the development of elocution, argumentation and communication in ancient Rome, drawing the profiles of some of the major figures that are commonly associated with these arts. The author argues that the beginnings of elocution may be traced back to the 2nd century B.C., when leading speakers like Scipio Africanus, Servius Sulpicius Galba, the Tiberius brothers , Caius Gracchus and Cato the Elder gain public recognition. Nevertheless, the “age of glory” for the Roman art of elocution, as the author calls it, is the time of the great Roman classics Cicero, Caesar, Brutus and Quintilian, when the Roman republic spreads its political, military and cultural influence throughout the entire Mediterranean, and thus the article describes the most relevant features in the discourse of each one of these famous figures.

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