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The number of days that theatrical productions were performed.
What is 100 days out of the year?
They made up approximately half of the Roman population.
Who are slaves?
Had a tremendous impact on Renaissance dramatic theory and on the structure of Renaissance Plays.
Who is Horace?
His plays did not include a chorus and did not deal with contemporary politics or social issues.
Who is Plautus?
Early Christians saw a connection between theatre and this.
What are pagan religions?
The first influence on Roman Theatre.
Who are the Etruscans?
They ruled Rome from approximately 753-500 B.C.E.
Who are kings?
The drama festival that honored Jupiter.
What is the Ludi Romani?
The first major black playwright in Western Theatre.
Who is Terence?
The decline of Roman theatre coincided with this.
What is the downfall of the Western Empire?
Was built in Rome in 55 B.C.E.
What is the first permanent theatre?
This event led to the Greek influence on Roman culture.
What is the First Punic War?
Roman theatre focused on this style of performances.
What is comedy and other popular entertainments?
The chief Roman tragic writer whose plays have survived.
Who is Seneca?
Another major factor in the decline of Roman Theatre was the opposition of this religion.
What is Christianity?
This is when theaters were built throughout the Roman Empire.
What happened in 30-200 C.E.?
This time period occurred from 50-58 C.E.
What is the Golden Age of Roman Literature?
Most likely were a result of contact with Greek performers who traveled through southern Italy.
What is Atellan Farce?
Established the Ludi Romani.
Who is Tarquin the Elder?
The Church decreed that anyone who went to the theater, rather than to church, on holy days would this.
What is excommunicated?
The Romans developed this form of domestic farce.
Rome is known for the mastery of these practical arts.
What are law, engineering, and military conquest?
The Emperor who ordered Seneca the Stoic to commit suicide.
Who is Nero?
Plautus's play about star-crossed twins, mistaken identity, and concubines.
What is the Menachmi?
Ironically, this was the impetus in the rebirth of Western theatre.
What is the Roman Church?