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    Question #41930. simplesummer asks:

    What was the Land of Beer created by Plautus?


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    		TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS (c. 254-184 B.C.)

    "PLAUTUS," the single name by which modern writers refer to this writer of Roman comedy, was merely a nickname which in exact Umbrian dialect meant "flatfoot."

    (I thought that was funny.) I've found no reference to a "Land of Beer." Apparently, Plautus' work was rather coarse and vulgar, appealing to the common, uneducated class.

    http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/plautus001.html

    http://www.theatredatabase.com/ancient/plautus_001.html

    Dec 06 03, 7:43 AM
    mibmob

    		He appeals to me and I am not vulgar - very!Plautus wrote a very funny play called the Pot of Gold on which Moliere based - almost word for word - the Miser. The nickname Plautus would have been the family name like Caesar which means hairy. I couldn't find this land of beer thing either though.

    Dec 06 03, 8:56 AM
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