Plautus is counted among the two greatest dramatists of the Roman comedy-“Fabula Palliata” or “Palliata Comoedia”, the other of course being Terence. However, researchers face problems while dealing with his works since several of his manuscripts are incomplete. Some of his most famous works are The Pot of Gold, The Menaechmi, Stichus, Amphitryon and The Swaggering Soldier. They are written in Latin and are possibly the earliest works of Roman literature we have access to. He is said to have written more than 130 plays, but we have access to only 21 of them in the present age. Plautus was instrumental in introducing music, song and dance as a part of plot in his plays. Though he borrowed the plot and characters from the original play, he would add his own brand of slapstick comedy and raucous humour to the play. He introduced local Roman colour in the plays. Plautus chose to rework Menander’s plays instead of just translating them. His comedies became a success and he soon became a full-time dramatist. Plautus’ earliest plays, Addictus and Saturio, were written while he was still a hand-miller, travelling from door to door. Plautus was exposed to Greek theatre and Greek New Comedy, especially the comedy of Menander, when he joined the Roman army as a soldier and travelled across Southern Italy. He is even said to have worked as a carpenter on the sets, according to William Harris. It is believed that he later reached Rome, where he began to work as a stage assistant and actor. As a young boy he left his village and joined a travelling theatre group. Titus Maccius Plautus was born around 254 BC in Sarsina, Umbria, in present day Italy. Not much is known about the life of Plautus. The plot revolves around Euclio’s attempts to protect the gold and hide it from the others. A deity reveals a pot of gold to Euclio so that he can use the money as dowry for his daughter Phaedria’s wedding. The play is a satire that depicts the anxiety that greed, avarice, and miserliness brings. The System Of Dowry In The Pot Of Gold, it’s by Lar Familiaris that the audience is informed that Euclio’s grandfather, being a superb miser, had buried a pot of gold within the central hall of his house. The Pot of Gold gives us an insight into Roman life at that time-especially the position of the women and slaves.