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Gnaeus Naevius was a male poet, playwright, and writer from Ancient Rome. Born in ancient Capua in 275 BCE, he wrote in Latin and was a citizen of Ancient Rome. He produced six works during his career.
Naevius died in Utica in 201 BCE. He is described by several sources, including the Nordisk familjebok, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- ancient Capua
- Place of death
- Utica
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Native language
- Latin
- Image
- Gnaeus Naevius.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0275-01-01
- date of death
- 0201-01-01
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- birth name
- Cnaeus Naevius
- writing language
- Latin
- name in native language
- Gnaeus Naevius
- P8168
- Krutaya
- P13311
- Aegiale
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Gnaeus Naevius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Livi Andronici et Cn. Naevi Fabularum reliquiae
De bello pvnico reliqviae. ex recensione Ioannis Vahleni
Fragmenta Poetarum veterum Latinorum. quorum opera non extant: Ennii, Accii, Lvcilii, Laberii, Pacvvii, Afranii, Naevii, Caecilii, aliorúmque multorum: Vndique à Rob. Stephano summa diligentia olim congesta: nunc autem ab Henrico Stephano eius filio digesta, & priscarũ quæ in illis sunt uocum expositione illustrata: additis etiã alicubi uersibus Græcis quos interpretãtur ...
Cn. Naevii poetae Romani : vitam descripsit, carminum reliquias collegit, poesis rationem
Annalium libb. XVIII fragmenta : post Pauli Merulae curas iterum recensita, auctiora, reconcinnata, et illustrata
Cn. Naevi de bello Punico reliquiae
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Encyclopedic overview
Theater in Pompeii Gnaeus Naevius (/ˈniːviəs/; c. 270 – c. 201 BC) was a Roman epic poet and dramatist of the Old Latin period. He had a notable literary career at Rome until his satiric comments delivered in comedy angered the Metellus family, one of whom was consul. After a sojourn in prison he recanted and was set free by the tribunes (who had the tribunician power, in essence the power of habeas corpus). After a second offense he was exiled to Tunisia, where he wrote his own epitaph and committed suicide. His comedies were in the genre of Palliata Comoedia, an adaptation of Greek New Comedy. A soldier in the Punic Wars, he was highly patriotic, inventing a new genre called Praetextae Fabulae, an extension of tragedy to Roman national figures or incidents, named after the Toga praetexta worn by high officials. Of his writings there survive only fragments of several poems preserved in the citations of late ancient grammarians (Charisius, Aelius Donatus, Sextus Pompeius Festus, Aulus Gellius, Isidore, Macrobius, Nonius Marcellus, Priscian, Marcus Terentius Varro).
Biography
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