Plautus
Subtitle: The Comedies (Complete Roman Drama in Translation)
Contributors: David R. Slavitt (Editor); Palmer Bovie (Editor)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: May 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780801850714
Subjects: Drama texts: classical, early & medieval; Roman Literature; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Ancient - General; Literature: Classics; Translations into English; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Drama / Greek & Roman; History-Ancient - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / Ancient & Classical; Literary Criticism-Roman Literature; Plautus, Titus Maccius
First sentence: Roman literature begins with Plautus, at about the time of the Second Punic War that ended with Hannibal's defeat at the hands of Scipio at Zama (202 B.C.).