Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator), 10.1.116

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[116] Servius Sulpicius ¹ acquired a great and well-deserved reputation by his three speeches. Cassius Severus, ² if read with discrimination, will provide much that is worthy of imitation: if to his other merits he had added appropriateness of tone and dignity of style,

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

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[116] et Servius Sulpicius insignem non inmerito famam tribus orationibus meruit. multa , si cum iudicio legatur, dabit imitatione digna Cassius Severus, qui si ceteris virtutibus colorem et gravitatem orationis adiecisset, ponendus inter praecipuos foret.

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1. Servius Sulpicius Rufus, the greatest jurist of the Ciecronian age.

2. assius Severus ( d. A.D. 34) banished by Augustus on account of his scurrilous lampoons.

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 10.1.116

Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator)

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