Gestures and acclamations in ancient Rome
Ancient Oratory
Gesture
Audiences
Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin
Rhetoric, Ancient
Ancient Rhetoric
Oral communication
Politics and government
History and criticism
History
"Life in Rome was relentlessly public, and oratory was at its heart. Orations were dramatic spectacles in which the speaker deployed an arsenal of rhetorical tricks and strategies aimed at arousing the emotions of the audience, and spectators responded vigorously and vocally with massed chants of pr…
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