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Poenulus also called The Little Carthaginian or The Puny Punic is a Latin comedic play for the early Roman theatre by Titus Maccius Plautus probably written between 195 and 189 BC. The play is noteworthy for containing text in Carthaginian Punic spoken by the character Hanno in the fifth act.

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author
Plautus
character in play
Hanno, Lycus, Adelphasium, Agorastocles, Antamonides, Anterastilus, Collybisucus, Giddenis, Milphio, Syncerastus, counselors, slave boy
setting of play
a street in Calydon Before the houses of Agorastocles and Lycus and the Temple of Venus

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