Terence

(c. 195 BC - c. 159 BC)

Supposedly born in Carthage around 195 bc, the dramatist was brought to Rome as a slave by a senator whose name, Terentius, he assumed after receiving an education and his freedom. The author of six plays, among them The Self-Tormentor and The Eunuch, Terence enjoyed the friendship of various noblemen whom his rivals claimed helped him write his plays. He is best remembered for his line “I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.”