Platus biography

Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) was born around 254 BCE in the town of Sarsina (now Saraceno) in Umbria. He was a Roman comedy writer, one of the oldest (next to Cato the Elder) Roman writers whose works have survived in larger fragments, and one of the two (next to Terentius) Roman comedians whose comedies we can read.

We know practically nothing about the life of Plautus.

Platus biography

He settled in Rome. He made a large fortune from comedy writing, which he then invested in shipping. As a result of the ship’s sinking, his company went bankrupt and was left destitute. In order to make a living, he reportedly got a job at the mill turning the burrs.

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This work was usually done by slaves or draft animals. So it was a really humiliating job. In his spare time, he wrote three comedies, and after staging them, he regained financial independence.

According to the records of Cicero Plautus died in 184 BCE.

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