. . "Publius Terentius Afer (/t\u0259\u02C8r\u025Bn\u0283i\u0259s, -\u0283\u0259s/; c. 195/185 \u2013 c. 159? BC), better known in English as Terence (/\u02C8t\u025Br\u0259ns/), was a playwright of the Roman Republic, of North African descent. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170\u2013160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on, impressed by his abilities, freed him. Terence apparently died young, probably in Greece or on his way back to Rome."@en . "0195Z"^^ . "Terentius Afer, Publius"@en . . "Terence"@en . . "Ancient Roman writer" . "-159Z"^^ .