Titus Maccius Plautus (s; c. 254 – 184 BC), commonly known as `Plautus`, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest surviving intact works in Latin literature. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by the innovator of Latin literature, Livius Andronicus. The word Plautine n refers to both Plautus`s o...... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plautus
great Roman comic dramatist, whose works, loosely adapted from Greek plays, established a truly Roman drama in the Latin language.[15 related articles] Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/78