– How did historical leaders speak to large crowd without amplification?

Question

All I can think of is the movie Life of Brian – blessed are the cheese makers!

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Answer 1

Speaking to crowds isn’t really that difficult. Officers in the Army do it all the time. Our battalion commander would address the entire battalion (~600 men) before each jump, and we had no problem hearing him. He’d just stand up on a raised block and speak. He didn’t need to yell. This was outside, too. Of course he wasn’t whispering or talking in his inside voice, but projecting your voice can be easily learned. We learned and practiced it in PLDC when I was a young NCO.