A The Works of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes, Supplements Tacitus, Cornelius 56-117 creator Murphy, Arthur 1727-1805 text utu 2005 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence" by Tacitus is a dialogue published around 102 AD. Set in the 70s AD, four historical figures debate a provocative question: why has Roman oratory declined from its former glory? They examine education, rhetoric, and culture before reaching a startling conclusion about the relationship between eloquence and political freedom. The work suggests that great oratory flourished in the chaos of the Republic but became obsolete under the Empire's orderly peace. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogus_de_oratoribus Release date is 2005-02-11 Produced by Ted Garvin, Tom Martin and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified Dialogues, Latin Oratory, Ancient PA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15017 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15017 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133343.0 15017