Publius Terentius Afer, better known in English as Terence, was a playwright during the Roman Republic. He was the author of six comedies based on Greek originals by Menander or Apollodorus of Carystus. All six of Terence's plays survive complete and were originally produced between 166 and 160 BC. 185 BC – 159 BC; died at about 26. Alive at the same time as Cato the Elder, Hipparchus, Apollonius of Perga, Ennius, and Scipio Aemilianus. Wiki link