Terentivs - Terence, so celebrated for his dramatic writings, was a native of Carthage, and the slave of Terentius Lucanus, who, in consideration of his |genius| and merit generously gave him his liberty. This facile princeps comicorum lived on terms of intimacy with many noble persons, and especially with Scipio Africanus and C. Laelius. But though Rome was the scene of his fame, his ashes were not destined to repose there. He is said to have died at Stymphalus in Arcadia, from disease brought on by grief for the loss of many of his comedies. Amongst the contorniates is one on which appears the name TERENTIVS and the naked and beardless head of a man; on the other side a wrestler, or a young man leading a horse by the bridle. Of the name inscribed on the reverse only the last letters are discernable .... IVS.