Plautus · Terence Were Plautus and Terence alive at the same time? Yes. Plautus and Terence were alive at the same time, from 190–185 BC to 184 BC. PlautusRoman comic playwrightBorn 250 BC · died 184 BCTerenceRoman comic playwright (2nd cent. BC)Born 190–185 BC · died 159 BC AshokaArchimedesEratosthenesQin Shi HuangPlautusHannibalCato the ElderPolybiusTerence Plautus and Terence in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.