Naevius Manu
Naevius may refer to: * Gnaeus Naevius, Roman poet and dramatist * Naevius (spider), a genus of spiders * Naevius Sutorius Macro, confidant of Roman emperors Tiberius and Caligula See also * * Naevia gens * The Porta Naevia was a gate in the Servian Wall on the Aventine Hill The Aventine Hill (; la, Collis Aventinus; it, Aventino ) is one of the Seven Hills on which ancient Rome was built. It belongs to Ripa, the modern twelfth '' rione'', or ward, of Rome. Location and boundaries The Aventine Hill is the ...

Gnaeus Naevius
Gnaeus Naevius (; c. 270 – c. 201 BC) was a Roman epic poet and dramatist of the Old Latin period. He had a notable literary career at Rome until his satiric comments delivered in comedy angered the Metellus family, one of whom was consul. After a sojourn in prison he recanted and was set free by the tribunes (who had the tribunician power, in essence the power of habeas corpus). After a second offense he was exiled to Tunisia, where he wrote his own epitaph and committed suicide. His comedies were in the genre of Palliata Comoedia, an adaptation of Greek New Comedy. A soldier in the Punic Wars, he was highly patriotic, inventing a new genre called '' Praetextae Fabulae'', an extension of tragedy to Roman national figures or incidents, named after the ''Toga praetexta'' worn by high officials. Of his writings there survive only fragments of several poems preserved in the citations of late ancient grammarians ( Charisius, Aelius Donatus, Sextus Pompeius Festus, Aulus Gelliu ...
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Naevius (spider)
''Naevius'' is a genus of South American tangled nest spiders first described by V. D. Roth in 1967. Species it contains four species: *'' Naevius calilegua'' Compagnucci & Ramírez, 2000 — Argentina *''Naevius manu Naevius may refer to: * Gnaeus Naevius, Roman poet and dramatist * Naevius (spider), a genus of spiders * Naevius Sutorius Macro, confidant of Roman emperors Tiberius and Caligula See also * * Naevia gens * The Porta Naevia was a gate in th ...'' Brescovit & Bonaldo, 1996 — Peru *'' Naevius varius'' (Keyserling, 1879) — Peru *'' Naevius zongo'' Brescovit & Bonaldo, 1996 — Bolivia References Amaurobiidae Amaurobiidae genera {{Amaurobiidae-stub ...
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Naevius Sutorius Macro
Quintus Naevius Cordus Sutorius Macro (21 BC – AD 38) was a prefect of the Praetorian Guard, from 31 until 38, serving under the Roman Emperors Tiberius and Caligula. Upon falling out of favour, he killed himself. Biography Macro was born in 21 BC at Alba Fucens, a Roman town at the foot of Monte Velino, situated on a hill just to the north of the Via Valeria in Italy. Inscriptional evidence from the ruins of this town reveal that, prior to becoming Praetorian prefect, Macro had served as ''Praefectus vigilum'', prefect of the vigiles, the Roman fire brigade and night watch. The date of this appointment and the length of his tenure are unknown.Sandra J. Bingham. The praetorian guard in the political and social life of Julio-Claudian Rome''. Ottawa: National Library of Canada (1997), p. 63. Macro was appointed Praetorian prefect by Tiberius after the arrest of Sejanus. According to Tacitus, Macro was active in discrediting Sejanus and in directing the subsequent purge against ...
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Naevia Gens
The gens Naevia, occasionally written Navia, was a plebeian or patrician family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned at the time of the Second Punic War, but the first of the Naevii to obtain the consulship was Lucius Naevius Surdinus, in AD 30.''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. II, p. 1135 (" Naevia Gens"). Origin The nomen ''Naevius'' is generally regarded as a patronymic surname derived from the praenomen '' Gnaeus'', indicating a birthmark. ''Gnaeus'' and ''naevus'', the usual form of the Latin word for a birthmark, were pronounced similarly, and a number of other Latin words could be spelled with either ''gn-'' or ''n-'', such as ''gnatus'' and ''natus'', "born". Branches and cognomina In the time of the Republic, the principal cognomina of the Naevii were ''Balbus'' and ''Matho''. ''Balbus'', a common surname, originally signified one who stammers. Chase regarded ''Matho'' as a borrowing of the Greek . Cicero stated t ...
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Porta Naevia
The Porta Naevia was a minor gateway in Rome’s Servian Wall. Located in the 12th Augustan region, according to Marcus Terentius Varro’s description the gate was almost certainly situated on the minor summit of the Aventine Hill (''Aventinus Minor''), in between the churches of Santa Balbina and Santa Sabina. The Via Ardeatina emerged from this gate. According to an apocryphal story recounted by the 4th century historian Festus, this gate was supposedly named after a grove called Naevia that had once belonged to a man named Naevius. Over time the grove obtained an unsavoury reputation due to the criminals and homeless people who would frequent the area.Richardson, p. 304 References {{coord missing, Italy Naevia ''Spartacus'' is a set of Starz television series that focuses on the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who, from 73 to 71 BC, led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Executive producers Steven S. DeKnight and Ro ...

Servian Wall
The Servian Wall ( la, Murus Servii Tullii; it, Mura Serviane) was an ancient Roman defensive barrier constructed around the city of Rome in the early 4th century BC. The wall was built of volcanic tuff and was up to in height in places, wide at its base, long, and is believed to have had 16 main gates, of which only one or two have survived, and enclosed a total area of . In the 3rd century AD it was superseded by the construction of the larger Aurelian Walls as the city of Rome grew beyond the boundary of the Servian Wall. History The wall is named after the sixth Roman King, Servius Tullius. The literary tradition stating that there was some type of defensive wall or earthen works that encircled the city of Rome dating to the 6th century BC has been found to be false. The main extent of the Servian Wall was built in the early 4th century, during what is known as the Roman Republic. Construction The Servian Wall was originally built from large blocks of Cappellaccio tuff ...
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