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The elder Seneca declamations
Classical education
Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin
Latin language materials
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Philosophy
History
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…
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