The library of Plautus, Titus Maccius

Each of these stands at a single passage, named once and not held by the library. The work that names it carries the anchor.

Amphitruo

Roman tragedy (generic tradition)

2 works in the library quote Plautus, Titus Maccius — 2 citations, each anchored to a verbatim passage in the work that does the quoting.

through Pseudolus 1 citation · Rudens 1 citation

Gaius 1 citation · Hugo Grotius 1 citation

The harvest records where a citation is made: the paragraph in the citing book, and the chapter that paragraph stands in. It does not record which page of Plautus, Titus Maccius is meant. Where the citing text names a locus, you will find it in the quotation.

1. Institutes of Roman Law Gaius 1 neutral 1 citation

   ch. 73

   Plautus's play is cited as early literary evidence for the lex Plaetoria.

   ‘The statute with its five and twenty years prevents my getting credit.

2. The Freedom of the Seas (Mare Liberum) Hugo Grotius 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

   ch. 9 2 passages anchored here

   Plautus's play is cited as further popular confirmation that the sea is common while the catch is private.

   Haec igitur sunt illa quae Romani vocant communia omnium iure naturali aut quod idem esse diximus, publica iurisgentium, sicut et usum eorum modo communem, modo publicum vocant. Quamquam vero etiam ea nullius esse, quod ad proprietatem attinet, recte dicantur, multum tamen differunt ab his quae nullius sunt, et communi usui attributa non sunt, ut ferae, pisces, aves; nam ista si quis occupet, in i …