Titus Maccius, um 250 v. Chr., 184 v. Chr., röm. Komödiendichter; die 21 für echt angesehenen Stücke sind den röm. Verhältnissen angepaßte Bearbeitungen grch. Komödien von Menander u. a.
(3rd-2nd century BC) Roman comic dramatist. Born in Umbria, he settled in Rome and was active before and after 200 BC, writing at least the 21 comedies that survive in his name, many of them based on Greek originals by playwrights such as Menander. Shakespeare drew on his Menaechmi for The Comedy of Errors.