About Rubellius Blandus
Born 50 BC. Rubellius Blandus was a Roman orator, teacher and historian.
Lucius Rubellius Blandus was a Roman, native of Tibur (Tivoli, Italy). He was the first Equestrian of Ancient Rome to teach rhetoric and thus made it more respectable (Sen., Controv. 2, 5). He was the teacher of Papirius Fabianus, who was in turn the teacher of Seneca the Younger. His grandson Gaius Rubellius Blandus was a suffect consul of 18.
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first Equestrian of Ancient Rome to teach rhetoric
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Rubellius Blandus was born in 50 BC in Tivoli.
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Rubellius Blandus was an orator, teacher and historian.
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