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Plautus

Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC)

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Also known as Titus Maccius Plautus

Born: 250 BCE
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1.Stated in Treccani's Enciclopedia on line
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Died: 184 BCE
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2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
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Birthplace: Sarsina
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1.Stated in Q45261276
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Place of death: Rome
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1.Stated in Freebase Data Dumps
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Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Occupation: comedy writer
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1.Stated in BeWeBRetrieved 2021-02-14
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, playwright
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1.Stated in The Fine Art Archive DbRetrieved 2021-04-01
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, writer
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1.Stated in Library of the World's Best Literature
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Languages spoken, written or signed: Latin
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1.Stated in CONOR.SI
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Notable work: Pseudolus
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Titus Maccius Plautus 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 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.

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Wrote

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AA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum1966 · 1966 film by Richard Lester

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Les captifs(1876)
Amphitryon(1876)
Menaechmi(1500)
Bacchides(1500)
M. Accii Plauti comoediae superstites viginti cum fragmentis deperditarum (Patavii, 1764)(1764)
Curculio, aneb, Darmojed(2019)
Menaechmi(1937)
Aulularia: (veselohra o pokladu)(1937)
Amfitryon a jiné komedie(1978)
The haunted house
Epigram
Los gemelos(1918)

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Praenomen: Titus
Time period: Middle Roman Republic
Cognomen: Plautus
Nomen gentilicium: Maccius
Gens: Maccia gens
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in BeWeBRetrieved 2021-02-14
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-03
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Commons Creator page: Plautus
Writing language: Latin
Name in native language: T. Maccius Plautus
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown
Documentation files at: SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts subject named as: Plautus, Titus Maccius
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1.Stated in performing-arts.chRetrieved 2022-08-29
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