Quintilian

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (c. AD 35-95), Roman rhetorician, was born at Calagurris (now Calahorra) in Spain. His name in English is Quintilian, though the alternate spelling Quinctilian is met with in older reference works.

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Concerning his family and his life but few facts remain. He was born in c. A.D. 35 in Calagurris, Spain. His father taught and practiced rhetoric with success at Rome, and Quintilian must have come there at an early age to reside, and grown up to manhood there. Among his teachers were Remmius Palaemon, a famous grammaticus, and Domitius Afer, a well-respected rhetorician. The years from 61 to 68 he spent in Spain, probably attached to the retinue of the future emperor Galba, with whom he returned to the capital.

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