Note 29 — Chapter V · THE PROSE OF THE ROMAN STATESMEN

Cic., De Orat. ii. 77 ff. Cicero, who dislikes to confess that good oratory can arise out of native endowments, accords Antonius some education, because he once conversed with the Athenian professors for a few days on his way to the province! The Brutus, which attempts to give genuine history, represents Antonius as a self-made man.