Even in Athens the appearance of non-political pleadings among the forms of
was a sign of debility ; and it was doubly so in Rome, which did not like Athens by a sort of necessity produce this malformation
from the exaggerated pursuit of rhetoric, but borrowed it
from abroad arbitrarily and in antagonism to the better traditions of the nation.
from the exaggerated pursuit of rhetoric, but borrowed it
from abroad arbitrarily and in antagonism to the better traditions of the nation.
The history of Rome; tr. with the sanction of the ... v.5. Mommsen, Theodor, 1817-1903
