Ancient Roman comic dramatists

Titus Maccius Plautus ( ; 254 – 184 BC) 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 Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by Livius Andronicus, the innovator of Latin literature. The word Plautine () refers to both Plautus's own works and works similar to or influenced by his. He influenced some of the greatest figures in literature, including Shakespeare and Molière (The Miser is partly modeled after Plautus's Aulularia).

Publius Terentius Afer (; – ), better known in English as Terence (), was a playwright during the Roman Republic. He was the author of six comedies based on Greek originals by Menander or Apollodorus of Carystus. All six of Terence's plays survive complete and were originally produced between 166 and 160 BC.

1st century BC Syrian-born Latin writer

ancient Roman dramatist

Roman comic poet (c. 220 BC – c. 166 BC)

2nd-century BC Roman comic playwright

Roman writer and playwright

Roman poet

Roman dramatist

1st-century Roman playwright

2nd century BC Roman playwright