(born &circa; 195, Carthage, North Africa—died 159? &BC;, in Greece or at sea) Roman comic dramatist. Born as a slave, he was taken to Rome, where he was educated and later freed.
His six extant verse plays are The Woman of Andros, The Mother-in-Law, The Self-Tormentor, The Eunuch, Phormio, and The Brothers. Produced between 166 and 160 &BC;, they were based on Greek originals (including four by Menander); Terence eliminated their original prologues, used contemporary colloquial Latin, and introduced a measure of realism. He influenced later dramatists such as Molière and William Shakespeare.
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