biography
| name: |
Roscius
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in full Quintus Roscius Gallus
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pronunciation:
[roshius]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.134–62 BC)
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| biography:
| Roman comic actor, a slave by birth. He became the greatest comic actor in Rome, and was freed from slavery by the dictator, Sulla. He gave Cicero lessons in elocution, and was defended by him in a lawsuit. |
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