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Cassius Severus
An aggressive orator of the Augustan age, treated as the hinge between the old eloquence and the new; vehement but, Messalla says, with more bile than blood. Exiled for his libellous wit.
Reading notes
- The Annals §1.72 Cassius Severus
Aggressive Augustan orator whose libels prompted the first use of the treason law against writings.
- The Annals §4.21 Cassius Severus
A savage and brilliant orator, banished for his libels—first to Crete, then to the bleak island of Seriphos, where he died.
- A Dialogue on Oratory §19 Cassius
Cassius Severus, the aggressive Augustan orator whom the antiquarians make the turning-point away from the old style.
- A Dialogue on Oratory §26 Cassius Severus
The one modern Aper dared to name; vehement but, Messalla says, with more bile than blood.