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| Livius Andronicus | Captured Greek who became the "Father of Roman Literature" |
| Fabulae Antellanae | Oscan farces based off a mocked town in N. Italy |
| Fescennine Verses | The poetry of an Etruscan entertainment involving mocking clowns |
| Carmina | The Latin term technically meaning "formula" which was used for charms, prophecies, proverbs and later songs and poems. |
| Liber linteus | Largest Etruscan text and the world's only existing linen book to date |
| Appius Claudius Caecus | Roman literary innovator of the 4th-3rd c. B.C. whose ideas didn't catch on |
| Pyrrhic | War in which Rome gained control of Italy from the Greeks |
| Punic | Wars in which rome gained control of Sicily and the Mediterranean from Carthage |
| Fabulae Palliatae | "Plays in Greek dress" - the most popular form of early comedy |
| Gnaeus Naevius | Epic poet and inventor of the praetextae fabulae |
| Praetextae Fabulae | Dramas including non-fictional Roman officials and events |
| Quintus Ennius | Father of Roman poetry. Rome's first national poet who wrote in Oscan, Latin and Greek |
| Marcus Porcius Cato | Statesman and first notable Roman prose author |
| Menander | Premier author of Greek New Comedy |
| Plautus | Most popular Roman comedic poet with the people. Reworked Greek comedies in Roman style |
| Terence | More refined Roman comedic poet who just translated Greek originals |
| Greek New Comedy | Hellenistic literary and dramatic form that relied on stock characters and themes of daily life |
