The Major Declamations, Volume I
Quintilian / Stramaglia, Antonio / Winterbottom, Michael![The Major Declamations, Volume I](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/360/36008904/CHSBZCOP0336008904.jpg)
The Major Declamations, attributed to Quintilian in antiquity, exemplify the final stage of Greco-Roman rhetorical training, in which students delivered speeches for the prosecution and defense at imaginary trials. A wide variety of fascinating ethical, social, and legal details animate the fictional world conjured up by these oratorical exercises.