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Publilius Syrus


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A rolling stone gathers no moss. Publilius was perhaps even more famous as an improviser and received from Caesar himself the prize in a contest in which he vanquiPublilius Syrusd all his competitors including the celebrated Decimus Laberius. His mimes in which he acted himself had a great success in the provincial towns of Italy and at the games given by Caesar in 46 BC.

As of 1911 the best texts of the Sentences were those of Eduard Wölfflin (1869) A. His mimes in which he acted himself had a great success in the provincial towns of Italy and at the games given by Caesar in 46 BC. He was a Syrian who was brought as a slave to Italy but by his wit and talent he won the favour of his master who freed and educated him.

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