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ROMAN LITERATURE.
PLAUTUS (254-184).
PLAUTUS, the comic poet, was one of the earliest of Roman writers.

Born at Sarsina in Umbria, of free parentage, he at first worked on the stage at Rome, but lost his savings in speculation.

Then for some time he worked in a treadmill, but finally gained a living by translating Greek comedies into Latin.

Twenty of his plays have come down to us.