Note 179 — Chapter VI · ROMAN COMEDY. PLAUTUS. ABOUT 254 TO 184 B.C.
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Cf. Cicero's testimony to the purity of the style of Naevius and Plautus with his criticism on the style of Caecilius and Pacuvius. Terence, who was by birth a foreigner, was probably brought to Rome as a child.