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This article examines the relationship between narrative settings and the actio in Herodian's speeches.

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Narrative Setting and actio in Herodian’s Speeches

JIJuan Carlos Iglesias-ZoidoUniversidad de Extremadura

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This article examines the relationship between narrative settings and the actio in Herodian's speeches.
Analysis of speeches by Marcus Aurelius, Crispinus, and Maximinus.
Focus on how settings influence speech length and typology.
Evaluation of characterisation and historical context.
Identified that settings affect both the length and type of speeches.
Demonstrated how Herodian's narrative choices reflect rhetorical strategies.
Highlighted the importance of context in understanding speeches.

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Abstract This article studies how some of the narrative settings in Herodian’s History supply the reader with fundamental rhetorical information about the actio of its speeches. I examine the actio in the settings of the speeches delivered by Marcus Aurelius (1.4.2–6), Crispinus (8.3.4–6), and Maximinus (7.8.4–8). These settings can determine the length of a speech, the typology of an address, or the characterisation of the speaker. Accordingly, readers can understand why the historian chooses a particular type of speech in each narrative context. All this evinces the great care which Herodian put into the writing of these sections of his History .

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