Quintilian
Quin-til'I-an, [Lat. Quintilia'nus or Quinctilia'.
nus ; Fr. Quintilien, kiN'te'leJ.N',] (Marcus Fabius,)
a celebrated Roman critic and teacher of rhetoric, was
born probably between 40 and 50 A.n. Jerome states
that he was a native of Calagurris, (Calanorra,) in the
northern part of Spain ; but some modern writers think
he was born in Rome. He obt...
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (ca. 35 – ca. 100) was a Roman
rhetorician from Hispania, widely referred to in medieval
schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing. In English
translation, he is usually referred to as Quintilian, although
the alternate spellings of Quintillian and Quinctilian are
occasionally seen, the latter in older texts......
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A celebrated Roman rhetorician, born about A.D. 35 at Calagurris in Spain. After he had received his training as an orator at Rome, he
returned home about A.D. 59, but again visited Rome in A.D. 68 in the suite of Galba. He there began to practise as an advocate, and
also gave instruction in rhetoric. In this latter capacity he achieved such fame...
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