Tradition of Public Speaking Oldest known handbook on effective speech, written on papyrus in Egypt 4, 500 years ago Central role in civic ife in classical Greece and Rome Eg. Aristotle's Rhetoric(c300 BC)Tradition of Public Speaking • Oldest known handbook on effective speech, written on papyrus in Egypt 4,500 years ago • Central role in civic life in classical Greece and Rome Eg. Aristotle’s Rhetoric (c300 BC) 8