Caecilius Statius

Caecilius Statius was a Roman comic playwright active in the second century BCE. His plays survive only as fragments quoted by later authors.

Roman comedy: A theatrical tradition in ancient Rome, especially known for comedies adapted from Greek plays. Caecilius helped shape this tradition during its formative period.
Volcatius Sedigitus: A Roman literary critic known for ranking comic playwrights in a surviving fragment. His ranking placed Caecilius first among Roman comic poets.
Palliata: A Roman comic genre set in Greece and performed in Greek-style cloaks called pallia. Caecilius wrote within the Greek-setting comedy tradition associated with this genre.
Plocium: A comedy by Caecilius Statius known through fragments and discussion by later Roman authors. Its surviving material includes a notable contrast between Greek and Roman versions of a scene.
Fragmentary literature: Literature preserved only in quotations, paraphrases, or material remains rather than complete works. Caecilius is known almost entirely through fragments transmitted by later writers.
New Comedy: A Greek comic genre centered on domestic life, mistaken identity, and recognizable social types. Its plays supplied the models Caecilius adapted for Roman audiences.
Marcus Tullius Cicero: A Roman statesman, orator, and author whose writings preserve evidence about earlier Roman literature. Cicero discusses Caecilius's place in the history of Latin drama.
Greek New Comedy: A late classical Greek theatrical genre focused on households, romance, and social misunderstandings. This is the dramatic tradition behind much of Caecilius's surviving titles and fragments.
Synephebi: A comedy by Caecilius Statius whose title means 'young contemporaries' or 'comrades of the same age.' The title survives in ancient literary testimony and illustrates his Greek-derived repertory.
Lost works: Works once composed or performed but no longer extant in complete form. The disappearance of his plays limits direct assessment of his dramatic style.

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