Plautus
Plautus, or Titus Maccius Plautus, was one of the most famous of the Roman comedic playwrights. Not much is known about him; ancient sources that described his early career as a stagehand, his bankruptcy, and his time working in a mill have now been discredited.
Plautus may have been born around 254 BCE in Sarsina, a mountain village in the Apennines of Umbria. His name means “splay-foot/flatfoot.” He may have become a Roman soldier, which is where he may have been exposed to Greek theater.
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