Who in turn, inspired authors, like Shakespeare and Moliere.ДЇive of his best plays give an overview of his style: Amphitryon, Asinaria, Aulularia, Menachmi, Miles Gloriosus Plautus and Terence are the connecting links to our seventeenth-century authors of theatre. He was a successful author in his lifetime. He took inspiration from Ancient Greek authors, like вЂMenanderвЂ™, вЂPhilemoniusвЂ™, вЂDiphiliusвЂ™,Д«ut he was able to enrich his work with typical popular humorous actors and Roman backgrounds. He was born in Sarsina in ancient Umbria and died in Rome and lived at the time of the African wars against Cartago and the famous elephant warrior, Hannibal. Plautus was a Roman author of comic scripts for theatre. The comic theatre started, as far as we know with вЂAristophanesвЂ™ of Athens, a contemporary of Pericles. He took inspiration from Ancient Greek authors, like вЂMenanderвЂ™, вЂPhilemoniusвЂ™, вЂDiphiliusвЂ™, but he was able to enrich his work with typical popular humorous actors an (5th century BC) Plautus was a Roman author of comic scripts for theatre.

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