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100
Tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 441 BC.
What is Antigone?
100
Roman comic playwright. Only 21 of his 130 plays survived.
Who is Plautus?
100
Built in 70-82 and is now known as The Coliseum.
What is Flavian Amphitheater?
100
Rome is founded.
What is 753 BCE?
100
The artistic center of Greece.
What is Athens?
200
Produced by Sophocles at the City of Dionysia Festival.
What is Oedipus Rex?
200
Roman tragic playwright who has 9 surviving plays, including Oedipus.
Who is Seneca?
200
The First Roman Amphitheater is built in this year; it is used primarily for gladiatorial contests.
When is 46 BCE?
200
Writing is introduced through Greece through this.
What is the Phoenician Alphabet?
200
This uses stock characters and was introduced to Rome in 300-250 BCE.
What is Atellan Farce?
300
One of Aristophanes 11 surviving plays.
What is The Clouds?
300
The Greek comic playwright who wrote The Clouds.
Who is Aristophanes?
300
A guild for actors is formed in Greece.
What is The Artists of Dionysus?
300
Pantomime is introduced to Rome.
What is the year 22?
300
This event led to a decline of theater in Greece.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
400
Aeschylus' trilogy that was first performed 458 BCE.
What is The Orestein?
400
Poet who is said to have introduced the first tragedy with a stationary chorus and satyrs speaking verses.
Who is Arion?
400
The first of three permanent theaters is built in the Roman Empire.
When is 55 BCE?
400
A self educated slave from Carthage who wrote Andria.
Who is Terrence?
400
Aeschylus' legacy includes this.
What is the addition of a second actor?
500
One of the 21 plays of Plautus that survives today.
What is The Braggot Warrior?
500
Greek playwright who wins his first drama competition. 18 of his plays survive today.
Who is Euripides?
500
The first theater structure in Athens.
What is Theater of Dionysus?
500
Greek comedy and tragedy are introduced to the Ludi Romani (Roman Festival).
What is the year 240 BCE?
500
Sophocles introduced a 3rd actor and was the first to use the scene painting and establish a chorus at 15 members during this year.
What is 430 BCE?
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