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Miles Gloriosus is a comedic play written by Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254–184 B.C.). It is also known as The Swaggering Soldier. His source for Miles Gloriosus was a Greek play now lost called Alazon or The Braggart. Although the characters in Miles Gloriosus speak Latin they are Greeks with Greek names clothing and customs. The action takes place in Ephesus a Greek city on the coast of Asia Minor famous for its Temple of Artemis one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
