It never caught on the way the inventor had hoped. But nonetheless, a couple of people became real masters. Sadly though, their names have also gotten lost in the mists of time.
"And on the eve of the great battle, the Roman Consul Flavius Prolixitus exhorted his legions with these words, 'blah blah blah blah blah...'" (for two or three pages)
Whereas Polybius:
"And he addressed them in words suitable to the occasion." (full stop)