canutius造句

• Canutius was born in 106 B . C ., the same year as Cicero.
• Canutius is frequently mentioned in Cicero's oration for Aulus Cluentius Habitus, as having been engaged in the prosecution of several of the parties connected with that disgraceful affair.
• After the death of Publius Sulpicius Rufus, who was one of the most celebrated orators of his time, and who left no orations behind him, Canutius composed some and published them under the name of Sulpicius.
• After the departure of Antonius from Rome to prosecute the war against Cisalpine Gaul, Canutius had full scope for indulging his hostility to Antonius, and constantly attacked him in the most furious manner, " continua rabie lacerabat ".
• Of Sulpicius as an orator, Cicero says ( " Brutus ", 55 ) : " He was by far the most dignified of all the orators I have heard, and, so to speak, the most tragic; his voice was loud, but at the same time sweet and clear; his gestures were full of grace; his language was rapid and voluble, but not redundant or diffuse; he tried to imitate Crassus, but lacked his charm . " Sulpicius left no written speeches, those that bore his name being written by a Publius Canutius.