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It's the ancients on History Hit.

I'm Tristan Hughes, your host and in today's podcast we are talking about one of the most

famous orators from ancient Mediterranean history.

Cicero.

Now join me to talk through the rise of Cicero in the first century BC.

I was delighted to be joined by Professor Catherine Steele from the University of Glasgow.

Catherine is a leading expert on Cicero on Roman Oratry at this moment in ancient history.

So without further ado, here's Catherine.

Catherine, it is wonderful to have you on the show.

Thank you, it's nice to be here.

Now we are talking about Cicero and Catherine, can we say, this is the rise of, can we say

one of the most remarkable orators not just in ancient history but in the whole of history?

I think so, I mean to say that is obviously to work within a particular Eurocentric view

of history but within that I think that's right partly because what we know of his performance

suggests that he was indeed an extraordinary orator but more than that I think is the dominance

he has within Roman literature as the orator.

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