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Plautus, a Latin poet and playwright from Mercato Saraceno in Umbria, is credited by some sources with up to 130 comedies, though only 21 are definitively attributed to him. These include Amphitryo, Jupiter, Asinaria (Comedy of Asses), Aulularia (Pot of Gold), Bacchides, Captivi (Prisoners of War), Casina, Cistellaria (Casket Comedy), Curculio (The Weevil, named after a parasite in the play), Epidicus, Menaechmi (The Two Menaechmuses), Mercator (Merchant), Miles Gloriosus (Braggart Warrior), Mostellaria (Ghost), Persa, Poenulus (Little Carthaginian), Pseudolus, Rudens (Rope), Stichus, Trinummus (Three-Dollar Day), Truculentus, and Vidularia (Tale of a Traveling Chest). Plautus adapted his plots from Athenian New Comedy, notably influenced by Menander, which focused on the everyday concerns of ordinary people. These plots were intricate, featuring many confusions, misunderstandings, unexpected twists of fate, and abundant clever trickery. Plautus enjoyed great popularity as a dramatist, often drawing enthusiastic applause from audiences. His comedies were frequently revived throughout antiquity, and his influence is evident in Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors as well as numerous works by Ben Jonson.
