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'''Aspasius''' (fl. 3rd century A.D.) was a Roman [[sophist]] and [[rhetorician]], son or pupil of the rhetorician Demetrianus. He taught rhetoric in Rome, and filled the chair of rhetoric founded by [[Vespasian]]. He was secretary to the emperor [[Maximinus Thrax |
'''Aspasius''' (fl. 3rd century A.D.) was a Roman [[sophist]] and [[rhetorician]], son or pupil of the rhetorician Demetrianus. He taught rhetoric in Rome, and filled the chair of rhetoric founded by [[Vespasian]]. He was secretary to the emperor [[Maximinus Thrax]]. His orations, which are praised for their style, are lost. |
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Aspasius (fl. 3rd century A.D.) was a Roman sophist and rhetorician, son or pupil of the rhetorician Demetrianus. He taught rhetoric in Rome, and filled the chair of rhetoric founded by Vespasian. He was secretary to the emperor Maximinus Thrax. His orations, which are praised for their style, are lost.
References
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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