captivi造句

• The meaning of the " Prigioni " was probably linked to the motif of the " Captivi " in Roman art.
• The play, however, is strongly dependent upon Classical examples in a way suggestive of Jonson : " The Case is Altered " borrows plots from two of the plays of Plautus, the " Captivi " ( " The Captives " ) and the " Aulularia " ( " The Pot of Gold " ).
• The iconographic meaning of the figures was probably linked to the motif of the " captivi " in Roman art, and indeed Vasari identified the " Prigioni " as personifications of the provinces controlled by Julius II . For Condivi, however, they symbolised the Arts, made " prisoners " by the death of the pontif.
• In ancient Roman tradition, women were supposed to have given up their hair for use in catapults, which has a later example in Carthage in 148-146 BC . Torsion artillery, especially ballistae came into heavy usage during the First Punic War and was so common by the Second Punic War that Plautus remarked in the " Captivi " that  Meus est ballista pugnus, cubitus catapulta est mihi (  The ballista is my fist, the catapult is my elbow " ).