- The
praetexta or
fabula praetexta was a
genre of
Latin tragedy introduced at Rome by
Gnaeus Naevius in the
third century BC. It
dealt with historical...
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puberty and
legal "coming of age", at
around 14-17
years of age. Toga
praetexta: a
white toga with a
broad purple stripe on its border, worn over a tunic...
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Binomial name
Ormetica sypilus (Cramer, [1777])
Synonyms Sphinx sypilus Cramer, [1777]
Automolis saturata Walker, 1856
Eucyrta praetexta Felder, 1874...
- The
drapery became more
intricate and
structured over time. The toga
praetexta, with a
purple or purplish-red
stripe representing inviolability, was...
- priests, and citizen's
children were
entitled to a purple-bordered toga
praetexta.
Triumphal generals wore an all-purple, gold-embroidered toga picta, ****ociated...
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Historians do not know who
wrote the only
extant example of the
fabula praetexta (tragedies
based on
Roman subjects), Octavia, but in
former times it was...
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considered not
written by Seneca.
First rejected by Daniël Heinsius.
Fabula praetexta (tragedy in
Roman setting): Octavia:
almost certainly not
written by Seneca...
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Scedella praetexta is a
species of
tephritid or
fruit flies in the
genus Scedella of the
family Tephritidae. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania...
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Panegyra praetexta is a
species of moth of the
family Tortricidae. It is
found in Nigeria. The
wingspan is
about 18.5 mm. The
species name
refers to the...
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Lemyra praetexta is a moth of the
family Erebidae. It was
described by
Karel Černý in 2011. It is
found on the Philippines,
where it has been recorded...
