When did Quintilian die?
c. 55 AD
c. 70 AD
c. 120 AD
c. 100 AD
Answer
Quintilian died c. 100 AD, likely in Rome. He was a Roman rhetorician, teacher, and author, and is widely regarded as the greatest Latin rhetorician of all time. Quintilian's work on rhetoric, Institutio Oratoria, is a comprehensive treatise on the art of rhetoric and has been used as a textbook in rhetoric for centuries.
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