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... Plautus denotes , not just ' coin ' , but a definite coin , a piece of the same order of magni- tude as the vóuos par excellence , the standard coin of Magna Graecia and Sicily - the Taras didrachm of Tarentum , for example . If now ...
... Plautus denotes , not just ' coin ' , but a definite coin , a piece of the same order of magni- tude as the vóuos par excellence , the standard coin of Magna Graecia and Sicily - the Taras didrachm of Tarentum , for example . If now ...
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... Plautus.3 Fides , the speaker of the Prologue , commends the connoisseurs of old plays . The new plays are as bad as novi nummi . An old play of Plautus , then , is to be presented , once received with approval by the older members of ...
... Plautus.3 Fides , the speaker of the Prologue , commends the connoisseurs of old plays . The new plays are as bad as novi nummi . An old play of Plautus , then , is to be presented , once received with approval by the older members of ...
Page 260
... Plautus of the ambiguities arising from the Roman use of adjectival forms with nummus ( denarius , quinarius , sestertius ) to describe different denomina- tions . It is the equation , through the trinummus , of the coin which Plautus ...
... Plautus of the ambiguities arising from the Roman use of adjectival forms with nummus ( denarius , quinarius , sestertius ) to describe different denomina- tions . It is the equation , through the trinummus , of the coin which Plautus ...
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RETIRED FELLOWS | 4 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 19312 | 11 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By The Rt Hon H A L Fisher | 23 |
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