Plautus
c. 254–184 BCE
Roman comic playwright, whose plays are the oldest Latin works to survive whole.
- Known as
- Playwright
- Category
- Writers
- Born
- c. 254 BCE, Sarsina
- Died
- 184 BCE, Rome
Alive at the same time as Plautus
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- Han Fei c. 280–233 BCE, philosopher
- Eratosthenes c. 276–c. 194 BCE, mathematician
- Qin Shi Huang 259–210 BCE, emperor
- Liu Bang 256–195 BCE, emperor
- Hannibal 247–c. 183 BCE, general
- Empress Lü 241–180 BCE, empress
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- Cato the Elder 234–149 BCE, statesman
- Polybius c. 200–c. 118 BCE, historian
Portrait: Pierre François Barrois, Public domain.