Expertlatin
What is the style of Cicero?
Periodic style
Much of Cicero's writing is 'periodic', i.e. composed in relatively long sentences constructed of shorter rhythmical units, often with a considerable degree of balance and symmetry.
What is Ciceronian style of writing?
His style of oratory and prose, marked by logical but elaborately balanced subordinate clauses (see periodic sentence), was adopted as the purest model by subsequent writers of Latin, and often imitated to a slavish degree during the Renaissance, when some dogmatic Ciceronians regarded Latin words and expressions that ...
Who was the model for Latin prose?
The age of Cicero
Cicero has traditionally been considered the master of Latin prose.
