本文述介三位古罗马学者的语言观。卢克莱修(Titus Lucretius Carus)著有《物性论》,论及语言的发生,注意到语言的物理属性;昆提连(Marcus Fabius Quintilianus)有名作《演说原理》传世,探讨论辩修辞,倡导双语教学,对语言教育理论和实践贡献很大;奥古斯丁(Saint Augustine)是罗马及至中世纪最富哲学思想的基督教神学家,在《忏悔录》中思及语言、思维与世界的关系。 This article describes the linguistic view of three ancient Roman scholars. Titus Lucretius Carus is author of The Theory of Properties, which deals with the occurrence of language and notices the physical properties of language. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus has a well-known masterpiece, The Theory of Speeches, which discusses the rhetoric of arguments and advocates Bilingual teaching has made a great contribution to the theory and practice of language education. Saint Augustine is a Christian theologian with the richest philosophical ideas in Rome and the Middle Ages. He considers the relationship between language and thinking and the world in “Confessions”.