Speechwriting in Ancient Rome
An amusing quote in the wonderful historical novel on the life of Cicero by author Robert Harris – Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome
“He had never written a speech for anyone else before, and it was a peculiar experience. Nowadays, of course, most senators employ a slave or two to turn out their speeches; I have even heard of some who have no idea of what they are going to say until the text is placed in front of them; how those fellows call themselves statesmen defeats me.”
Ut in preteritus sic hodie.
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