Gnaeus Naevius Theatrical Career (jan 1, 235 BC – jan 1, 204 BC)
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Comedies includes: Acontizomenus, Agitatoria, Agrypnuntes, Assitogiola, Carbonaria, Chlamydaria, Colax, Cementria, Corollaria, Dementes, Detrius, Dolus, Figulus, Glaucoma, Gymnasticus, Hariolus, Lampadio, Leo, Nagido, Neruolaria, Pellicus, Personata, Proiectus, Quadrigemini, Stalagmus, Stigmatias, Tarentilla, Technicus, Testicularia, Tribacelus, Triphallus, Tunicularia
Tragedies include: Danae (in bacchaic verse rather than spoken senarii), Equos Troianus, Hector Proficiscens, Hesiona, Iphigenia, Lycurgus, Romulus, Clastidium (on the victory of Marcus Claudius Marcellus at Clastidium in 222 BC).
Wrote the Carmen Belli Poenici (Bellum Punicum). A narrative poem on the First Punic War written in Saturnian verse. - principal work, saturnian meter
While imprisoned in jail he wrote: Hariolus and Leon
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jan 1, 235 BC
jan 1, 204 BC
~ 31 years