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Plautus
250 BCE – 184 BCE · aged 66
Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC)
- Born
- 250 BCE · Sarsina
- Died
- 184 BCE · Rome
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- 250 BCEBornBorn in Sarsina
- 184 BCEDiedDied in Rome
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Biography
Titus Maccius Plautus ( PLAW-təs; c. 254 – 184 BC) was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by Livius Andronicus, the innovator of Latin literature. The word Plautine (PLAW-tyne) refers to both Plautus's own works and works similar to or influenced by his.
He influenced some of the greatest figures in literature, including Shakespeare and Molière (The Miser is partly modeled after Plautus's Aulularia).
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