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Plautus, Titus Maccius
(Titus Mac|cius Plau|tus)
Pronunciation:
/ˈplɔːtəs/
(
circa
250–184
bc
)
, Roman comic dramatist. His plays, such as
Rudens
, are modelled on Greek New Comedy.
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