Stichus; or, The Parasite Rebuffed
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Titus Maccius Plautus
Roman
Titus Maccius Plautus commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliat...
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