"Jupiter, now assuredly is the time when I could readily consent to be slain, lest life should sully this ecstasy with some disaster."
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Terence
Publius Terentius Afer (195/185–159 BC), more commonly referred to as Terence, was a comic playwright of the Roman Republic. A Berber born in or near Carthage, his comedies were first performed between 170 BC and 160 BC.
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