Asinaria ("The Comedy of Asses") is a comic play written in Latin by the Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. In the play an Athenian gentleman, Demaenetus...
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The Porta Asinaria is a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome. Dominated by two protruding tower blocks and associated guard rooms, it was built between 271...
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qualities. A variation of the proverb appeared as line 495 in the play Asinaria by Plautus: "Lupus est homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non novit"...
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to the present time. (London: Harrison). Titus Maccius Plautus (1912). "Asinaria, or The Ass-Dealer". In Riley, Henry Thomas (ed.). The Comedies of Plautus...
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Via Asinaria was an ancient Roman road that started from Porta Asinaria in the Aurelian walls (Rome). It was somehow connected with the Via Latina, as...
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Quoted from George Eliot, Daniel Deronda "Homo homini lupus" — Plautus, Asinaria "Man vergisst nicht, wenn man vergessen will." — Friedrich Nietzsche, Morgenröte...
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v t e Landmarks of Rome Walls and gates Aurelian Walls Ardeatina Asinaria Latina Maggiore Metronia Nomentana Pia Pinciana Popolo Portese San Pancrazio...
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begins Porta San Giovanni – near Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano Porta Asinaria – here begins the old via Tuscolana Porta Metronia Porta Latina – here...
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The Feast of the Ass (Latin: Festum Asinorum, asinaria festa; French: Fête de l'âne) is a medieval Christian feast observed on 14 January, celebrating...
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Clivus Palatinus Clivus Scauri Clivus Suburanus Via Appia Via Ardeatina Via Asinaria Via Aurelia Via Cornelia Via Flaminia Via Labicana Via Lata Via Latina...
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