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Minturnae (mĭntûr`nē), ancient town of Latium, Italy, 7 mi (11.3 km) E of Formia. It was important because it controlled the bridge on the Appian Way over the Liris River. Founded by a people called the Aurunci or Ausones, it became a Roman colony (295 B.C.) and a flourishing commercial center. There are important ruins (including an aqueduct), two theaters, forums, and other buildings N of modern Minturno.
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No references found | ADVICE Follow for the remainder of the season Minturno Ann Duffield 7th, Beverley, September 22 Has won two races this season, but it could have been more had he not met trouble in running on several occasions, and this latest effort is best ignored as he lost his position turning in and was denied a clear run in the home straight. Egloga a Claudio) APPARENTLY uninterested in producing a comprehensive treatise like those of the Italians (Tasso, Daniello, Minturno, Castelvetro) or his Spanish contemporaries (Diaz Rengifo, Lopez Pinciano, Cascales, Carvallo, Jimenez Paton), Lope de Vega interspersed ideas about poetry, rhetoric and poetic theory within introductory prologues, prose compositions and poems, while choosing to develop his views on theatre in the rhymed-verse treatise Arte nuevo de hacer comedias. 46) Antonio Minturno deserves credit as a major literary theorist who grasped the necessity of validating the role of laughter in comedy with a simple directness. |
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