Messalla
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Messalla is a character in Tacitus’s *Dialogus de oratoribus*, depicted as an aristocratic Roman orator engaged in the work’s debate on the decline of eloquence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Messalla canonical | 2 |
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman orator
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Dialogus de oratoribus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Roman aristocracy
ⓘ
Roman rhetorical tradition ⓘ |
| characterType | aristocratic interlocutor ⓘ |
| createdBy | Tacitus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discusses |
decline of eloquence
ⓘ
education of orators ⓘ oratory ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearsIn | Roman dialogue ⓘ |
| hasNameForm | Messalla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkAppearsIn | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | exponent of aristocratic views on eloquence ⓘ |
| literaryPeriodOfWorkAppearsIn | Silver Age of Latin literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | textual character ⓘ |
| occupation | orator ⓘ |
| participatesIn | philosophical dialogue on rhetoric ⓘ |
| roleInWork | participant in debate on the decline of eloquence ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Imperial Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStatus | aristocratic Roman ⓘ |
| workAuthorFullName | Publius Cornelius Tacitus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workTitle | Dialogus de oratoribus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.