Project Gutenberg 2006-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 367 Cicero, Marcus Tullius -106 -43 Jones, E. Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutus_(Cicero) Produced by Anne Soulard, Ted Garvin, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Cicero's Brutus, or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker" by Marcus Tullius Cicero is a collection of rhetorical works written in the 1st century BC. The text serves as both a dialogue and a treatise on eloquence, focusing on the lives and styles of prominent orators from ancient Greece and Rome, exploring their contributions to the art of persuasion. The opening of this work introduces Cicero's reflections on the recently deceased orator Hortensius, expressing deep personal sorrow but also a broader concern for the impact on Roman society due to the loss of such eloquent figures. As he converses with friends Brutus and Atticus, Cicero reflects on the importance of eloquence in the legal and political arenas, indicating a desire to discuss the history of famous orators, their methods, and the evolution of oratory itself. This sets up an exploration of notable figures in eloquence, linking their rhetorical skills to the political realities of Cicero’s time and the dynamics of Roman governance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 45.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Oratory -- Early works to 1800 PA Text Classical Antiquity Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - Ancient Category: Philosophy & Ethics 509370 2025-08-04T09:54:20.478081 text/html 509191 2025-01-12T17:57:39.529013 text/html 286727 2025-08-04T09:54:28.749054 application/epub+zip 294257 2025-08-04T09:54:24.093023 application/epub+zip 247070 2025-08-04T09:54:22.882028 application/epub+zip 606175 2025-08-04T09:54:32.371009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 575214 2025-08-04T09:54:27.985003 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352680 2022-09-05T05:18:28.187107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488541 2025-08-04T09:54:20.091101 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 488333 2021-01-02T08:41:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 488324 2021-01-02T08:41:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19647 2025-08-04T09:54:32.501984 application/rdf+xml 25955 2025-08-04T09:54:23.376034 image/jpeg 4731 2025-08-04T09:54:23.130035 image/jpeg 178262 2021-01-02T08:41:31 application/octet-stream application/zip 178193 2021-01-02T08:41:31 application/octet-stream application/zip 285830 2025-08-04T09:54:20.517050 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia