Aulularia

aka [The Little Pot]

The Pot of Gold

Author

Plautus

Language

Classical Latin

Year

c. 195–185 BC

Country

Roman Republic

Genre

Drama / Theatre / Plays

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Aulularia is a Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. The title literally means The Little Pot, but some translators provide The Pot of Gold, and the plot revolves around a literal pot of gold which the miserly protagonist, Euclio, guards zealously. The play's ending does not survive, though there are indications of how the plot is resolved in later summaries and a few fragments of dialogue.