Seneca the Elder Excerpta Controversiae
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Seneca the Elder

Excerpta Controversiae

oratory

Excerpts from Seneca the Elder's collection of controversiae — rhetorical exercises on fictional legal cases.

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  • excerpta controversiarum. liber primus.

    The elder Seneca preserves the rhetorical performances of Rome's greatest declaimers, recording arguments, epigrams, and set-pieces from the schools of oratory.

    ~1,740 words
  • excerpta controversiarum: liber secundus

    The elder Seneca preserves the rhetorical performances of Rome's greatest declaimers, recording arguments, epigrams, and set-pieces from the schools of oratory.

    ~1,880 words
  • 3
    Book 3

    The elder Seneca preserves the rhetorical performances of Rome's greatest declaimers, recording arguments, epigrams, and set-pieces from the schools of oratory.

    ~3,090 words
  • 4
    Book 4

    The elder Seneca preserves the rhetorical performances of Rome's greatest declaimers, recording arguments, epigrams, and set-pieces from the schools of oratory.

    ~2,990 words
  • 5
    Book 5

    The elder Seneca preserves the rhetorical performances of Rome's greatest declaimers, recording arguments, epigrams, and set-pieces from the schools of oratory.

    ~1,710 words
  • 6
    Book 6

    The elder Seneca preserves the rhetorical performances of Rome's greatest declaimers, recording arguments, epigrams, and set-pieces from the schools of oratory.

    ~1,890 words
  • excerpta controversiarum

    The elder Seneca preserves the rhetorical performances of Rome's greatest declaimers, recording arguments, epigrams, and set-pieces from the schools of oratory.

    ~2,230 words
  • 8
    Book 8

    The elder Seneca preserves the rhetorical performances of Rome's greatest declaimers, recording arguments, epigrams, and set-pieces from the schools of oratory.

    ~1,730 words
  • 9
    Book 9

    The elder Seneca preserves the rhetorical performances of Rome's greatest declaimers, recording arguments, epigrams, and set-pieces from the schools of oratory.

    ~2,250 words
  • excerpta controversiarum

    The elder Seneca preserves the rhetorical performances of Rome's greatest declaimers, recording arguments, epigrams, and set-pieces from the schools of oratory.

    ~1,950 words
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