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Bookselling
People 1
People 2
Mi
100
When a Roman writer recites his work to his patron, friends or to a wider audience.
What is recitatio
100
would help the author decide whether or not to make his work available to the general public
What is recitation
100
Was exiled by Domitian; Author of Ars Amatoria
Who is Ovid
100
Wealthy amateur who wrote as a hobby
Who is Pliny
100
The way Latin literature is meant to be read
What is out loud
200
the reason a patron agrees to support a writer
What is dignitas
200
Price of an ordinary copy
What is 5 sesterces
200
Sent volumes of his work to his friend, Atticus
Who is Cicero
200
Exiled Ovid
Who is Augustus
200
Who Latin literature was written for
Who is the small, highly educated group of readers
300
volumes of an author's works
What is libararii
300
The price of a deluxe edition
What is 20 sesterces
300
The famous orator and educator; wrote The Education of the Orator
Who is Quintilian
300
Wrote comic plays
Who is Plautus
300
Book written by Quintilian
What is The Education of an Orator
400
one who taught Roman authors how to write expressively and artistically
What is a rhetor
400
The person who received money from bookselling
What is the bookseller
400
Wrote flattering poems about Domitian
Who is Martial
400
The Education of the Orator covers this
What is education from infancy to the level of the experienced speaker
500
Booksellers
What is bibliopolae
500
The road where books were sold
What is Argiletum
500
Helped and encouraged Vergil and Horace (before Domitian)
Who is Maecenas
500
Commented on how unusual it was to read Latin silently
Who is Saint Augustine
500
Number of lines in Martial's first published work
What is 700