T. Maccius P., the outstanding Roman comic playwright, brought the genre of palliata to a zenith. Their exceptionally broad reception rightly renders both him and Terence (Terentius) 'fathers of modern comedy'. For general background information see Comedy II.
I. Life
Despite P.' great popularity in his own lifetime, but little of his biography is known for certain. The date of the first performance of Pseudolus, 191 BC, cou…