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Re: [Corpus-Paul] the RHTWR of Acts 24

From: "Jeffrey B. Gibson" <jgibson000 AT comcast.net>
To: Corpus-Paul <corpus-paul AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Corpus-Paul] the RHTWR of Acts 24
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:22:05 -0600

Tim Harris wrote:

> Tacitus (Ann. 11:7) records Claudius giving consideration to the payment of
> fees
> to professional rhetoricians, limiting their fees to 10,000 sesterces. I
> haven't
> got copies at hand, but I have a note that refers to treatment of the
> Claudian
> court reforms in J.A. Crook, Legal Advocacy in the Romans World (1995),
> 129-131, and G.A. Kennedy, The Art of Rhetoric in the Roman World (1972),
> 437.
>

What is the word that Tacitus uses for these professionals and what in
particular
were they employed for?

Jeffrey
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[Corpus-Paul] the RHTWR of Acts 24, Jeffrey B. Gibson, 01/27/2005
- Re: [Corpus-Paul] the RHTWR of Acts 24, Tim Harris, 01/27/2005
  - Re: [Corpus-Paul] the RHTWR of Acts 24, Jeffrey B. Gibson, 01/27/2005
    - Re: [Corpus-Paul] the RHTWR of Acts 24, Tim Harris, 01/27/2005
    - Re: [Corpus-Paul] the RHTWR of Acts 24, Sorin Sabou, 01/28/2005
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Corpus-Paul] the RHTWR of Acts 24, George F Somsel, 01/27/2005
- Re: [Corpus-Paul] the RHTWR of Acts 24, crhutson, 01/28/2005