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The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 14: Lives of the Poets

Suetonius, 69?-122?; Forester, Thomas [Editor]; Thomson, Alexander, M.D. [Translator]· 2 chapters· 6,471 words

Publius Terentius Afer, a native of Carthage, was a slave, at Rome, of the senator Terentius Lucanus, who, struck by his abilities and handsome person, gave him not only a liberal education in his youth, but his freedom when he arrived at years of maturity. Some say that he wa...

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1. Chapter 1

Publius Terentius Afer, a native of Carthage, was a slave, at Rome, of the senator Terentius Lucanus, who, struck by his abilities and handsome person, gave him not only a liber...

2. Chapter 2

At length, he became nearly the most active leader in Piso's conspiracy [979]; and while he dwelt without reserve in many quarters on the glory of those who dipped their hands i...