![]() Terence may have been born in or near Carthage or in Greek Italy to a woman taken to Carthage as a slave. While no one knows for certain, it is likely that it occurred somewhere between 195 BC and 185 BC. Other scholars have also stated his birth to be in 190 BC. Terence's date of birth is disputed Aelius Donatus, in his incomplete Commentum Terenti, considers 185 BC to be the year Terentius was born Fenestella, on the other hand, states that he was born ten years earlier, in 195 BC. One famous quotation by Terence reads: " Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto", or "I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me." This appeared in his play Heauton Timorumenos. His plays were heavily used to learn to speak and write in Latin during the Middle Ages and Renaissance Period, and in some instances were imitated by William Shakespeare. ![]() He was supposedly on his way to explore and find inspiration for his comedies. It is thought that Terence abruptly died, around the age of 25, likely in Greece or on his way back to Rome, due to shipwreck or disease. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on, impressed by his abilities, freed him. His comedies were performed for the first time around 166–160 BC. 159? BC), better known in English as Terence ( / ˈ t ɛr ə n s/), was an African Roman playwright during the Roman Republic. Publius Terentius Afer ( / t ə ˈ r ɛ n ʃ i ə s, - ʃ ə s/ c. ![]() Terence, 9th-century illustration, possibly copied from 3rd-century original ![]()
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