From Naevius (265-204 B.C.) we have the _Clastidium_, written in celebration of the victory of Marcellus over Vidumarus, king of the Transpadane Gauls, whom Marcellus slew and stripped of his armor, thus gaining the rare _spolia opima_; this at Clastidium in 222 B.C. The play was probably written for the especial occasion either of the triumph of Marcellus or of the celebration of his funeral. We have also from Naevius a play variously entitled _Lupus_ or _Romulus_ or _Alimonium Remi et Romuli_, evidently one of those dramatic reproductions of scenes in the life of a god, enacted as a part of the ceremonies of his worship. These are comparable to similar dramatic representations among the Greeks in the worship of Dionysus. The _Ambracia_ and the _Sabinae_ of Ennius (239-169 B.C.) are ordinarily classed as _fabulae praetextae_, although Lucian Müller classes the fragments of the _Ambracia_ among the _Saturae_ of Ennius; while Vahlen puts the _Ambracia_ under the heading _Comoediarum et ceterorum carminum reliquiae_, and classifies the fragments of the _Sabinae_ under _ex incertis saturarum libris_. The _Ambracia_ is evidently called after the city of that name in Epirus, celebrated for the long and remarkable siege which it sustained against the Romans under M. Fulvius Nobilior. That general finally captured the city in 189 B.C. If the piece is to be considered as a play, it was, like the _Clastidium_, written in honor of a Roman general, and acted on the occasion either of his triumph or of his funeral. We have four short fragments from the _Paulus_ of Pacuvius (220-130 B.C.), written in celebration of the exploits of L. Aemilius Paulus who conquered Perseus, king of Macedonia, in the battle of Pydna, 168 B.C. The fragments of the plays already mentioned are too brief to afford any adequate idea of the character or content of the plays. But in the _Brutus_ of Accius (b. 170 B.C.), which centers around the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Republic, we have a larger glimpse into the play through two most interesting fragments consisting of twelve iambic trimeters and ten trochaic tetrameters, respectively. In the first, King Tarquin relates to his seer an ill-ominous dream which he has had; the second is the seer's interpretation of this dream, pointing to Tarquin's dethronement by Brutus. Other short fragments give glimpses of the outrage of Lucretia by Sextus at Collatia, and the scene in the forum where Brutus takes his oath of office as first consul. This play, unlike its predecessors, was not written at the time of the events which it portrays, but may still be classed with them, so far as its object is concerned, since it is generally thought to have been written in honor of D. Junius Brutus who was consul in 138 B.C., and with whom the poet enjoyed an intimate friendship.