variations attested in inscriptions and some literary works such as those of the comic playwrights Plautus and Terence and author Petronius. Late Latin is the...

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Rome) was published as a backup series in this comic title. Trigan Empire was a Science Fiction comic series telling of adventures on the planet Elekton...

contribute significantly to an understanding of Roman sexuality include: the comic playwright Plautus (d. 184 BC), whose plots often revolve around sex comedy...

praetexta (tragedy) respectively. The togata is distinguished from more popular comic genres, such as the Atellan Farce, juxtaposed with commedia dell'arte, and...

slaves, and the urban poor. In Greek New Comedy, from which the Roman comic tradition derived, actors wore masks which were conventionally associated...

In adapting Greek plays to be performed for Roman audiences, the Roman comic dramatists made several changes to the structure of the productions. Most...

political catchwords continued to be used as propaganda by later emperors. The comic poet Plautus made use of virtus in his play Trinummus which concerned family...

Press, ISBN 978-0-8061-2620-3 Duncan, Anne (2006), "Infamous performers : comic actors and female prostitutes in Rome", in Faraone, Christopher A.; McClure...

that they could be subjected to physical punishment as slaves were. The comic playwright known in English as Terence was a slave who was manumitted because...