Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

At the same time the Roman Republic was expanding in power and influence. His acting talent was eventually discovered; and he adopted the names "Maccius" (a clownish stock-character in popular farces) and "Plautus" (a term meaning either "flat-footed" or "flat-eared" like the ears of a hound). Although modern technology has allowed classicists to view much of the effaced material plays beginning in letters early in the alphabet have very poor texts (e.

: /ˈplɔːtaɪn/) refers to both Plautus's own works and works similar to or influenced by his. Titus Maccius Plautus (c.