Institutio Oratoria

Quintilian

Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria, Volume 1-4. Butler, Harold Edgeworth, translator. Cambridge, Mass; London: Harvard University Press, William Heinemann Ltd., 1920-1922.

Sometimes however the advocate will direct his speech against single individuals. Such a form of attack may be found in many speeches, sometimes embedded in

v4-6 p.173

the speech for the defence and sometimes published separately like the speech against the evidence of Vatinius. [*]( Vatinius had appeared as a witness against Sestius, who was defended by Cicero. )