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1. Quintilian

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   Legal Career and Imperial Favor
   Quintilian was the first rhetorician to hold a state-sponsored teaching post in Rome, appointed by Emperor Vespasian around AD 70. This position carried a salary paid by the imperial treasury, marking a significant professional advancement for educators. He enjoyed a long and lucrative career as an advocate in the Roman courts, although his actual forensic output is mostly lost.
   His legal practice was marked by a meticulous preparation and a reliance on reasoned argument rather than mere emotional appeals, though he was not above emp…