Quintilian

• Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (c.35-c.100 CE) was a Roman Educator and Rhetorician who opened his own school and practised in the Law Courts.
• He is famed for his work, ‘Insitutio Oratoria’, which has had a profound influence on Rhetoric, Literary Criticism and Educational Theory.

Biography

• Born in Calahorra, Iberia, Quintilian was sent to Rome to study Rhetoric.
• After Vespasian became Emperor in 69 CE, Quintilian opened a School of Rhetoric. One of his students was Pliny the Younger.
• Quintilian was later made a Consul by Vespasian (69-79 CE).
• His work was revived in the Medieval Period becoming influential again in the Renaissance of the 15th and 16th century CE. His followers included Martin Luther and Erasmus of Rotterdam.

Works

• Institutio Oratoria (c.95 CE)
  • A work on the Theory and Practice of Rhetoric in 12 volumes.