No doubt these were instruments part of some scheme to make a living, and the context in which they were used is no longer available. I love to see how names o

No doubt these were instruments part of some scheme to make a living, and the context in which they were used is no longer available. I love to see how names of famous Romans and Greeks were reused to give them credence. I bet they used lots of other techniques listed by Cialdini in Influence.