A	DT	O
close	JJ	O
reading	NN	O
of	IN	O
friendship	NN	O
practices	NNS	O
in	IN	O
the	DT	O
plays	NNS	O
of	IN	O
Plautus	NP	B-AAUTHOR
,	,	I-AAUTHOR
in	IN	O
light	NN	O
of	IN	O
social	JJ	O
science	NN	O
and	CC	O
anthropological	JJ	O
literature	NN	O
,	,	O
can	MD	O
help	VB	O
establish	VB	O
the	DT	O
parameters	NNS	O
,	,	O
discourse	NN	O
,	,	O
and	CC	O
behaviors	NNS	O
associated	VBN	O
with	IN	O
Roman	NP	O
friendship	NN	O
.	SENT	O
Application	NN	O
of	IN	O
a	DT	O
new	JJ	O
analytical	JJ	O
framework	NN	O
for	IN	O
studying	VBG	O
such	JJ	O
relationships	NNS	O
in	IN	O
ancient	JJ	O
literature	NN	O
(	(	O
a	DT	O
«	)	O
processual	JJ	O
model	NN	O
of	IN	O
friendship	NN	O
interaction	NN	O
»	(	O
)	)	O
to	TO	O
Plautus	NP	B-AAUTHOR
'	POS	I-AAUTHOR
«	)	B-AWORK
Captiui	NP	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
,	,	I-AWORK
«	)	B-AWORK
Trinummus	NP	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
,	,	I-AWORK
«	)	B-AWORK
Persa	NP	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
,	,	I-AWORK
«	)	B-AWORK
Pseudolus	NP	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
,	,	I-AWORK
«	)	B-AWORK
Miles	NP	I-AWORK
gloriosus	NP	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
,	,	I-AWORK
and	CC	O
other	JJ	O
plays	NNS	O
increases	VBZ	O
our	PP$	O
understanding	NN	O
of	IN	O
Roman	JJ	O
amicitia	NN	O
in	IN	O
that	WDT	O
it	PP	O
marks	VBZ	O
the	DT	O
relationship	NN	O
as	IN	O
an	DT	O
all-too-rare	JJ	O
social	JJ	O
bond	NN	O
,	,	O
fraught	JJ	O
with	IN	O
ambivalence	NN	O
,	,	O
and	CC	O
generative	JJ	O
of	IN	O
tensions	NNS	O
and	CC	O
asymmetries	NNS	O
.	SENT	O