• Look up naevius in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Naevius may refer to: Gnaeus Naevius, Roman poet and dramatist Naevius (spider), a genus of spiders...
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    information concerning the life of Naevius is coloured by uncertainty. Aulus Gellius describes the epitaph of Naevius as demonstrating "Campanian arrogance...
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  • Quintus Naevius Cordus Sutorius Macro (21 BC – AD 38) was a prefect of the Praetorian Guard, from 31 until 38, serving under the Roman Emperors Tiberius...
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    The saw-billed hermit (Ramphodon naevius) is a hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is endemic to Brazil. The saw-billed hermit is placed in the...
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    The varied thrush (Ixoreus naevius) is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Ixoreus. The varied thrush...
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    first of the Naevii to obtain the consulship was Lucius Naevius Surdinus, in AD 30. The nomen Naevius is generally regarded as a patronymic surname derived...
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  • contains four species: Naevius calilegua Compagnucci & Ramírez, 2000 — Argentina Naevius manu Brescovit & Bonaldo, 1996 — Peru Naevius varius (Keyserling...
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  • Meiacanthus naevius, the birthmark fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Indian Ocean, around western Australia. This species...
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    Hynobius naevius, also known as the spotted salamander, Sagami salamander, Japanese salamander, and blotched salamander, is a species of salamander in...
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    Taeniotes naevius is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Henry Walter Bates in 1872. It is known from Ecuador, Colombia...
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  • Takayus naevius is a species of cob-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in China. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/specieslist/3546 NMBE v t e...
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    was not as strong as the emperor had feared, his next step was to choose Naevius Sutorius Macro, previously prefect of the vigiles (Roman police and fire...
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    dollarbird (Eurystomus azureus) of Indonesia. The purple roller (Coracias naevius), or rufous-crowned roller, is a medium-sized bird widespread in sub-Saharan...
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  • in life, Naevius composed an epic poem in Saturnian meter on the first Punic War, in which he had fought. Other epic poets followed Naevius. Quintus Ennius...
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    Lebedodes naevius is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Kenya. Afro Moths Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog v t e...
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    Latin ones tended to blur Titans and Giants. In a surviving fragment of Naevius' poem on the Punic war, he describes the Gigantes Runcus and Purpureus...
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    these were satyr plays, based on Greek models and Greek myths. The poet Naevius may be said to have written the first Roman epic poem, although Ennius...
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    comedies that Livius Andronicus wrote from 240 BC. Five years later, Gnaeus Naevius also began to write drama. No plays from either writer have survived. While...
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    BC), and the Bellum Poenicum, an epic on the First Punic War by Gnaeus Naevius (c. 3rd century BC). The meter was moribund by the time of the literary...
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    Fritter" opposite Adam Faith in Budgie. Later he played Praetorian officer Naevius Sutorius Macro in I, Claudius. He then began to appear more frequently...
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  • relationship between Gaius Quinctius and Sextus Naevius. The two were close partners (socii) for many years, with Naevius even marrying Gaius' cousin. Their chief...
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    the poet and playwright Gnaeus Naevius declared: "At the Liberalia games we enjoy free speech." Nonetheless, Naevius was arrested for his invectives...
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    Purple roller – C. naevius Racket-tailed roller – C. spatulatus...
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  • divorces Claudia Marcella Major, and marries Julia the Elder, daughter of Caesar Augustus. Naevius Sutorius Macro, Roman prefect and politician (d. AD 38)...
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    The spot-backed antbird (Hylophylax naevius) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is...
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  • of style, which was the special glory of the early writers of comedy, Naevius and Plautus. Pacuvius obtained distinction also as a painter; and Pliny...
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  • Liane as Agrippina Leon Wadham as Tiberius Gemellus Michael Morris as Naevius Sutorius Macro Molly Leishman as Livilla Elizabeth Dowden as Drusilla Jay...
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    Clytemnestra by Accius, and Equos Troianus either by Livius Andronicus or Gnaeus Naevius. Clodius Aesopus, a renowned tragic actor, was brought out of retirement...
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  • bad omen. Shortly afterward, one of the heads of the Praetorian Guard, Naevius Sutorius Macro, tells Caligula that Tiberius demands his immediate presence...
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  • Michael Clements as Young Herod Kevin McNally as Castor John Rhys-Davies as Naevius Sutorius Macro Christopher Guard as Marcus Claudius Marcellus Stratford...
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