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Excerpt from The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Vol. 1 of 7
Halicarnassus had declined greatly in importance after the time of Maussolus, and finally suffered grievously at the hands Of the pirates not far from the time when Dionysius was born. It was given a new lease of life by Quintus Cicero while he was serving as governor of Asia (61 if we may believe the enthusiastic tribute paid him by his brother.1 Such was the city in which Dionysius apparently spent his youth and early manhood. Whether he composed any of his rhetorical treatises while still residing there is uncertain but it is generally held that they were all written at Rome.
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