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- Title
Cicero and the Mirage of the Tirocinium Fori.
- Authors
White, Peter
- Abstract
Assumptions about the tirocinium fori are based on claims by Joachim Marquardt that it was a form of training for young elite Romans at about the age of 16, that it lasted for one year, and that it consisted of mentorship by a distinguished elder. Though there is little evidence to support these claims, the theory of a tirocinium fori continues to influence discussions of oratory in the age of Cicero, where it gives a false picture of the process by which aspiring young orators made the transition from the school of rhetoric to practice in the courts.
- Subjects
ROMANS; MENTORING; ORATORY; ORATORS; SOCIAL support
- Publication
American Journal of Philology, 2023, Vol 144, Issue 2, p221
- ISSN
0002-9475
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ajp.2023.a907403