Plautian

Yet when the Senate refused to grant the extension and endorsed the Plautian law only in respect of those outlawed for following Lepidus and Sertorius, Caesar looked strangely cheerful, not at all put out.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

The new tribunes of the plebs fell on him like wolves, Marcus Plautius Silvanus in the lead; a quick lex Plautia, and the Varian Commission — hitherto prosecuting all those who had supported citizenship for the Italians — became the Plautian Commission, prosecuting all those who had tried to stop citizenship for the Italians.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

In _The Comedy of Errors_ he had the advantage of a definite model in the well-defined type of the Plautian comedy; but here again in the doubling of the twins and the elaboration of the entanglements there are traces of the beginner's delight in technic for its own sake.

The Facts About Shakespeare William Allan Nielson

The Plautian model, however, was far more influential than can be indicated by these close adaptations or by any list of direct imitations or borrowings.

The Facts About Shakespeare William Allan Nielson

We have now noticed the most important developments in comedy and tragedy made by the time that Shakespeare began writing for the theaters; and he made quick use of the progress accomplished by Plautian and Lylyan comedy, by Greene's romances, and by the tragedies of Kyd and

The Facts About Shakespeare William Allan Nielson

Of his eight plays, written at intervals from 1580 to 1593, all but one were in prose, and all except the Plautian _Mother Bombie_ adhere loosely to a common formula.

The Facts About Shakespeare William Allan Nielson

He was more hated than even Cleander, who, as we read, while prefect in the time of Commodus, oppressed people of all ranks with his foolish arrogance; and more tyrannical than Plautian, who was prefect under Severus, and who with more than mortal pride would have thrown everything into confusion, if he had not been murdered out of revenge.

The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Ammianus Marcellinus 1851

The other, when extremely old, was assailed as he was lying in his bedchamber, by a centurion of the name of Saturninus, who was instigated to the act by Plautian the prefect, and would have been killed if his youthful son had not come to his assistance.

The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Ammianus Marcellinus 1851

Servius Sylla, and Caius Cornelius, under the Plautian law.

Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War 86 BC-34? BC Sallust 1844

How did Plautian conduct himself in this important post?

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