| Flourishing era of Roman Comedy | 153 |
| How far any claim to originality? | 154 |
| Disparaging judgment of later Roman critics | 155 |
| Connection with earlier Saturae | 156 |
| Naevius and Plautus popular poets | 157 |
| Facts in the life of Plautus | 158 |
| Attempt to fill up the outline from his works | 160 |
| Familiarity with town-life | 161 |
| Traces of maritime adventure | 162 |
| Life of the lower and middle classes represented in his plays | 163 |
| Love of good living | 164 |
| Love of money | 166 |
| Artistic indifference | 166 |
| Knowledge of Greek | 167 |
| Influence of the spirit of his age | 167 |
| Dramas adaptations of outward conditions of Athenian New Comedy | 169 |
| Manner and spirit, Roman and original | 172 |
| Indications of originality in his language | 173 |
| ″ ″ ″ in his Roman allusions and national characteristics | 174 |
| Favourite plots of his plays | 178 |
| Pseudolus, Bacchides, Miles Gloriosus, Mostellaria | 179 |
| Aulularia, Trinummus, Menaechmi, Rudens, Captivi, Amphitryo | 182 |
| Mode of dealing with his characters | 191 |
| Moral and political indifference of his plays | 192 |
| Value as a poetic artist | 195 |
| Power of expression by action, rhythm, diction | 200 |