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THE THEATER AND HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME
Founded (app.) 753 BCE
Kingdom 8th/10th century BCE – 509 BCE
Republic509 BCE – 27 BCE
Empire27 BCE – 476 CE
Western Roman Empire– 1453 CE
London to Baghdad
“Republican” Virtues Discipline
Economy
Endurance
Military Precision
Loyalty to Family
Incorruptibility
Sense of Duty
Faith in Law and Order
Greece vs. Rome Philosophical
Seeking answers to theoretical questions
Why? Art: a serious exploration of the human
condition
Pragmatic Superb engineers, military tacticians,
and administrators How? Art: grandiose, sentimental, diversionary
Tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_phjB19ZEg Tour #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrIEwjgfbYs
Democracy vs. Republic
Republic vs. Empire
Novelties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuIzVut3JF8
Spectacle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrI-eK5IV0I
Panem et circensus
“Translates into ‘bread and circuses.’ The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.”-Orson Scott Card
Tragedy Seneca Horace
Ars Poetica
Comedy
Melodrama 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj-GZJhfBmI Melodrama 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZexYRkIRhVs Comedy Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvrh2e8Ep14
Roman Tragedy Dramatic Structure Divided into 5 episodes
Elaborate speeches resembling forensic address
Morality reflected through sensational deeds that illustrate the evils of unrestrained emotion
“Sententiae: pity, proverbial generalizations about the human condition
Violence and horror Preoccupation with magic, death, and
superhuman worlds Characters dominated by a single obsessive
passion that drives them to their doom Technical devices used like asides,
soliloquies, confidantes
Atellan Farce
Stock characters & situations Improvised dialogue Slapstick comedy
Stock Characters
Miles Gloriosos
Braggart Soldier
Shakespeare Theater’s Forum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8NdEWc1faI
Fabula Rinciniata (Mime)
Allison firespinning: https://video-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xap1/v/t43.1792-2/1330679_10103432060041013_61865_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjE1NjEsInJsYSI6MTAyNCwidmVuY29kZV90YWciOiJsZWdhY3lfaGQifQ%3D%3D&rl=1561&vabr=1041&oh=e0d043bf43e4f39924c70fd528380003&oe=56D399F E
Fabula Saltica (pantomime)
Roman Theater Architecture
790 known classical theaters 311 entirely Roman 290 mostly Roman
Theater of Pompey
Circus Maximus
Flavian Ampitheater
“Morituri te salutant”
Naum
achi
ae
Romans vs. Christians