They are lively, graphic, and full of fun, depicting a mixture of Greek and Roman life.
TERENCE (195-159).
TERENCE was a native of Carthage.

He was brought to Rome at an early age as a slave of the Senator Terentius, by whom he was educated and liberated.

Six of his comedies are preserved.

Like the plays of Plautus, they are free translations from the Greek, and of the same general character.
ENNIUS (139-69).
QUINTUS ENNIUS, a native of Rudiae, was taken to Rome by Cato the Younger.

Here he supported himself by teaching Greek.