Quintilian

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Quintilian, kwihn TIHL ee uhn (A.D. 35?-95?), was a Roman teacher of oratory. He is best known for his 12-volume Institutio Oratoria (often called The Training of an Orator), a manual for the training of public speakers from infancy to adulthood.

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