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Quintillian
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Quintilian.
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Latin:; c. 35 – c. 100 AD) was a Romaneducator and rhetorician born in Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissancewriting. In English translation, he is usually referred to as Quintilian ( ), although the alternate spellings of Quintillian and Quinctilian are occasionally seen, the latter in older texts.