Table Of ContentCICERO AND ROMAN EDUCATION
The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship
Cicerosawpublicationasameansofperpetuatingadistinctiveimage
ofhimselfasstatesmanandorator.Hememorializedhisspiritualand
oratoricalselfbymeansofaverysolidbodyoftexts.Educationalists
andschoolteachersinantiquityreliedonCicero’soratorytosupervise
thegrowthoftheyoungintointellectualmaturity.Byreconstructing
the main phases of textual transmission, from the first authorial
disseminationofthespeechestothemedievalmanuscripts,andbyre
examiningtheabundantevidenceonCiceronianscholarshipfromthe
firsttothesixthcenturyCE,CiceroandRomanEducationtracesthe
history of the exegetical tradition on Cicero’s oratory and reassesses
thedidacticfunctionofthespeeches,whosepreservationwaslargely
determinedbypedagogicalfactors.
giuseppe la bua is Associate Professor of Latin Literature at the
SapienzaUniversityofRome.Hisresearchinterestsfocusmainlyon
therelationshipbetweenreligionandliteratureintheRomanworld.
His previous publications include L‘inno nella letteratura poetica
latina(1999)andnumerousarticlesonpagancentos,Persius,archaic
tragedy, Ciceronian rhetoric and oratory, Horace, Ovid, Apuleius,
RomandeclamationsandtheLatinprosepanegyrics.
CICERO AND ROMAN
EDUCATION
The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship
GIUSEPPE LA BUA
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Contents
Acknowledgments pageix
ListofAbbreviations xi
Introduction 1
1 CiceroPresentsHimself:Writing,RevisionandPublication
oftheSpeeches 16
WrittenOratoryandTextualLongevity 17
SelfMemorializationandPublicationTheory 22
CicerotheEditoratWork:ThePolicyofSelfEmendatio 33
RetractatioandEmendatio:Cicero’sPracticeofSelfCorrection 42
FashioningHimself:RevisionandEditionofUndeliveredSpeeches 47
2 BeyondtheAuthor:Cicero’sSpeechesfromPublication
totheMedievalManuscripts 55
ATironeEmendata:CopyingandEditingtheSpeeches 59
ATrueCiceronianScholar:StatiliusMaximusandHisSubscriptio 66
LateCollectionsofCiceronianOrations 70
AsconiusPedianusandtheScholiaBobiensia 77
FromPublicationtotheMedievalManuscripts:Cicero’sSpeeches
intheSchool 85
3 BetweenPraiseandBlame:CiceronianScholarship
fromtheEarlyEmpiretoLateAntiquity 100
EthicsandPolitics:DebatingAboutCicero 106
MoralityandLanguage:CicerointheEarlyEmpireDebateonStyle 112
LatinitasandEruditio:Cicero,IconoftheLatinLanguage 125
FromQuintiliantotheScholiasts:Cicero’sAuthorityonLatin 130
Alii...Dicunt,Alii...Legunt:LateCiceronianScholarship 162
4 TeachingCicero 183
HowtoReadaSpeech:Quintilian’sPraelectio 184
IntroducingCicero’sOratorytoBeginners 190
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Oratory,DissimulatioandIrony:CiceroTeachesthe“ArtofIllusion” 219
EleganterDixitCicero 266
ManipulatingthePast 298
Conclusion 318
Bibliography 338
Generalindex 384
Indexlocorum 388
Acknowledgments
IstartedthinkingaboutabookonthereceptionofCicero’sspeechesinthe
Roman educational system after the completion of my doctoral studies
whenIhadthechancetoreadZielinski’sseminal andinspirationalstudy
(Cicero im Wandel der Jahrhunderte). But I owe my passion for Cicero to
LeopoldoGamberale,whoinitiatedmetothesecretsoftheartoforatory
when I was a graduate student and a budding scholar. As a learned,
generous and empathic mentor, he has assisted and supported me over
the years, from youth to maturity, with benevolence and constructive
advice.Tohimgoesmyfirstandgreatestgratitude.
My research on Cicero has benefited from criticism and priceless com-
mentsofmanyfriendsandcolleagues.IamdeeplygratefultoBobKaster
forhisnever-endinggenerosityandadvicealwaysbasedonsoundreason-
ing. He has not only helped me to improve my English prose but also
prompted me to rethink many arguments. His wisdom has made Cicero
andRomanEducationabetterbook.InCincinnatiIhadthegoodfortune
tomeetHaroldGotoff,oneofthemostdistinguishedCiceronianscholars.
ThankstohishelpfulcriticismandinvaluablesuggestionsIhavereworked
manyideasonCicero.Iwholeheartedlythankhim.
I am grateful to the former Department of Latin and Greek Philology
(now Department of Ancient World Studies) at Sapienza University of
Rome for a research fellowship in 2001–02, which allowed me to take
afirstlookatmanyaspectsofCicero’soratoryanditsreceptioninantiquity.
I am also very grateful to the Department of Classics of the University of
Cincinnatiforprovidingmewithastimulatingresearchenvironmentduring
my residence there as a Tytus Margo Fellow in 2005. The friendliness,
commitment and professionalism of the staff of the Blegen Library have
given me the opportunity to work on my project in a serene, welcoming
atmosphere.
The bulk of this book was done during a year’s leave from teaching in
2010–11, supported by a research fellowship from the Loeb Classical
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Library Foundation. The Department of the Classics at Harvard
University offered me the chance to carry out my research at the
Widener Library. I am most grateful to all of the individuals who stimu-
lated my thinking by generous conversations. I heartily thank Richard
Thomasforhispricelesssupport.
Over the years I have lectured on Cicero’s oratory and its reception in
manyplacesandacademicinstitutions–atSapienzaUniversityofRome,
University of L’Aquila, Viterbo, University of Salamanca, University of
Colorado at Boulder, University of Cincinnati, the meetings of the
American Philological Association and the International Society for the
History of Rhetoric, Princeton University, Columbia University and
Harvard University. I warmly thank all the audiences attending my talks
fortheirprecioussuggestions.Iwouldliketothanktheanonymousreaders
atCambridgeUniversityPressfortheircriticismandhelpfulremarks.For
discussion on specific aspects of my work I am grateful to Kathleen
Coleman, Cynthia Damon, Jackie Elliott, Joe Farrell, Denis Feeney,
Sean Gurd, John Miller, Carole Newlands, Michael Putnam, Wilfried
Stroh,RichardTarrant,KatharinaVolkandGarethWilliams.
ThisbookisdedicatedtomylittledaughterEloisa,thelightofmylife.
