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      The sociology of ancient spectacleHellenistic TheaterRoman PantomimeAncient Mime
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      Roman HistoryRoman RepublicWomen in the ancient worldCicero
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      Ancient AestheticsPetroniusAncient MimeRoman banquet
After the 6th c. theatrical performances disappeared at Byzantium, even if Byzantine scholars continued to read ancient dramatists. The illustration in the Chludov Psalter can be drawn back to ancient mime and New Comedy
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      Byzantine Manuscripts IlluminationAncient MimeByzantine Theatre
Brief account of the litterary, documentary and iconographic evidence for mime performances in Roman circuses.
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      DramaSpectacleLate AntiquityGraeco-Roman Egypt
In the Sententiae associated with Publilius, there are two main characteristics of anger: its brevity and its danger. Such a view was common by the end of the Republic. The moral assessment of anger can vary: when it is the result of a... more
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      AngerParemiologyAncient MimePublilius Syrus
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      Ancient MimeAncient Greek TheaterAncient FarcePhilistion
The paper combines the rich information on the different forms of theatre in Late Antiquity.
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      Late AntiquityAncient Greek and Roman TheatreAncient Greek DanceRoman Pantomime
Throughout the Vitae XII Caesarum references to theatrical performances and the relation between performers and principes are constant. The abundance of anecdotal information is one of the defining traits of ancient biography and, thus,... more
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      Latin LiteratureRoman HistoryPopular Culture and Religious StudiesRoman Drama
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      Ancient MimeFragmentary Latin PoetryNonius MarcellusDecimus Laberius
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      Greek OratoryAncient Greek LiteratureLysiasAncient Mime
Weitgehende Maskenlosigkeit und der Anspruch des antiken Mimus auf Nachahmung des realen Lebens brachten es mit sich, dass weibliche Partien mit Frauen und Mädchen besetzt wurden. Zahlreiche Frauenrollen ermöglichten es den... more
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      Women in the ancient worldAncient Greek and Roman TheatreAncient MimeAncient Theatre