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Dionysius of Halicarnassus
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Also Known As Dionysios of Halicarnassus
Flourished c.20 BCE - • Halicarnassus • Turkey
Subjects Of Study oratory • Rome • rhetoric
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Quintilian
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Marcus Cornelius Fronto
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Eumenius
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Aristotle
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