people
Lacedaemonii
the Lacedaemonians
also: Spartans
The Spartans, whose severe discipline and laws, Messalla notes, produced no orator.
Reading notes
- The Annals §11.24 Lacedaemonians
The Spartans, who (Claudius says) kept the conquered at arm's length to their ruin.
- A Dialogue on Oratory §40 Sparta
The Spartans (Lacedaemonians), whose severe laws bred no orator.