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Plautus
Roman playwright
Years: 254BCE - 184BCE
Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254–184 BCE), commonly known as "Plautus", is a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period.
His comedies are the earliest surviving intact works in Latin literature.
He writes Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by the innovator of Latin literature, Livius Andronicus.
The word Plautine is used to refer to Plautus's works or works similar to or influenced by his.
