I Introduction : The Rhetoric of EpistolographyThe volume published in 2007 on Roman rhetoric serves as the starting piece for the present collection of papers, a collection that, rather than attempting to displace its predecessor, seeks to continue the conversation, to improve upon what is already a very impressive contribution to the field. As such, the purpose of my study is to discuss an aspect of Roman rhetoric that our predecessor has curiously overlooked, a feature I consider to be an...