Greatest orator of all time, who do we think? Anyone better

Possibly. Making every post in the cursus honorum "in your year" is quite a feat for a man of low birth

trouble is oratory has to be heard to be properly judged. the remaining writings only give us part of the picture, and not the important part

>>2643762
I heard that demosthenes gave him a run for his money

>>2643762
Sasha Grey, Julia Ann

>>2643762
you're mom is a pretty good orator

>>2643773
True enough, though I think we can get some sort of idea as to how powerful they were as speakers from the words of their contemporaries and from the actions they inspired with their speeches.

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>>2643849
oh snap !

Jesus was probably better in all honesty

>>2644091
No doubt, Obama was pretty good too, those voice inflections and pauses for emphasis.

>>2644314
Hello, reddit.

>>2643773
He was of middle birth technically.

>>2643762

By his own admission he wasn't a good orator. He was just better than some retarded barbarians in Italy. He learnt all his oratory from civilised people in Hellas.

>>2644314

If...if..if..if.. we okey doke, hol' up HOL UP

>>2644744
and pussi 2 :DDDDDD

>>2643762
Cato the Elder. Carthago Delende Est. Fought in the Second Punic war, denounced Scipio and saw the degeneracy of Rome from the immense wealth the republic had acquired in the aftermath of the Punic wars.

>>2644760
>denounced Scipio

How do you even try to shit on the dude that brought your nation back from the very brink of ruin, the guy who rekt Hannibal whose dick everybody rides

>>2644771
>How do you even try to shit on the dude
By criticizing his long hair. No bs, even Livy criticizes Scipio for his non traditional appearance, and his troops started calling him a king, but as no king may set foot in rome, he dubbed himself Imperator...

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>>2643762
you seem to be forgetting someone

>>2643762
Maybe Hitler.

>>2643762
Christopher Hitchens.

>>2644771
By being a jealous faggot who points to muh traditions and calls every one not a stuckup prick like him a degenerate.