Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator), 10.1.104

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[104] But there still survives to add lustre to this glorious age a man ¹ worthy to be remembered through all time: he is appreciated today, but after generations shall declare his name aloud. The bold utterances of Crenutius ² also have their admirers, and deserve their fame, though the passages which brought him to his ruin have been expurgated; still that which is left reveals a rich store of lofty animation and fearless reflexions upon life. There are other good writers as well, but I am merely selecting from the different departments of literature, not reviewing complete libraries.

Institutio Oratoria. Quintilian. Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator). Cambridge, Mass.. 1920-1922.

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[104] superest adhuc et exornat aetatis nostrae gloriam vir saeculorum memoria dignus, qui olim nominabitur, nunc intelligitur. habet amatores nec immerito Cremuti ¹ libertas, quanquam circumcisis quae dixisse ei nocuerat. sed elatum abunde spiritum et audaces sententias deprehendas etiam in his quae manent. sunt et alii scriptores boni, sed nos genera degustamus, non bibliothecas excutimus.

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1. Probably Fabius Rusticus. Tacitus would have been too young at this time to be mentioned in such terms.

2. Crenutius Cordus wrote a history of the Civil wars and reign of Augustus. He was accused for his praise of Brutus and Cassius, and committed suicide in A.D. 25. It was he who called Cassius

the last of all the Romans.

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 10.1.104

Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator)

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