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| Rich upper class who ruled the country through the senate |
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between Carthage and Rome
fought for over 100 years
Rome wins |
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Founder of Constantinople
Christianity |
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1. largest influence of Roman Theatre festivals:
Chariot Races
gladiator battles
prize fighting
dancing, juggling, flute, improvisation, fertility and marriage |
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IMPROVISED AND DEALT WITH FAMILY PROBLEMS
MADE FUN OF HISTTORICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES
THE ROMANS WROTE IT DOWN AND MEMORIZED IT |
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FIRST MAJOR ROMAN FESTIVAL
DEDICATED TO JUPITER
LASTED 100 DAYS
INCLUDED DRAMA |
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CHORUS IS ELIMINATED
ADDITION OF MUSICAL ACCOMPIANEMENT TO DIALOGUE
EAVESDROPPING WHICH LED TO FREQUENT MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND COMPLICATIONS |
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MOST POPULAR OF ALL ROMAN COMIC WRITERS
MASTER OF COLLOQUIAL LATIN (FORMAL)
WAS CHOICE, URBANE, TALENTED, AND WITTY
WROTE HOW PEOPLE SPOKE
TOOK SONG, DANCE, AND FARCE AND COMBINED THESE WITH CHARACTERS AND PLOTS OF HELLENISTIC NEW COMEDY |
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WRITTEN BY PLAUTUS
BASED ON COMEDY OF ERRORS AND BOYS FROM SYRACUSE
ABOUT MISTAKEN IDENTITY INVOLVING TWINS
STOCK CHARACTERS=SPONGE THE PARASITE, ERATIUM-THE WHORE, COMIC SERVANT
TWINS WERE SEPARATED. ONE TWIN SLEEPS WITH THE OTHER'S WIFE. ONE LIVES IN SYRACUSE AND THE OTHER IN EPIDAMNUS |
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STRESSED CHARACTERIZATION, SUBTELTY OF EXPRESSION, AND ELEGANT LANGUAGE
BORN A SLAVE FROM CARTHAGE
HE USED THE DOUBLE PLOT (SUB PLOT)
WROTE THE MOTHER IN LAW BUT WAS NOT SEEN IN IT'S ENTIRETY
WROTE 6 PLAYS THAT HAVE SURVIVED |
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WRITTEN BY TERRENCE
NEVER SEEN IN ITS ENTIRETY |
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TUTOR TO THE EMPEROR NERO
WAS A STOIC
CHIEF ROMAN TRAGIC WRITER
CONFLICT WAS OF GREAT INTEREST
NO CHORUS
MORE LIKE MELODRAMA THAN TRAGEDY
FILLED WITH AXIOMS
USED SUPERNATURAL BEINGS
INVENTED THE 5 ACT PLAY
MAJOR THEME-REVENGE I.E. HAMLET |
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A PHILOSOPHY OF MEDERATION AND CALM ACCEPTANCE OF WHATEVER HAPPENS
ENDURES SUFFERING BUT HIDES IT |
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VOLUPTUARY, ENJOYING THE PLEASURES OF THE FLESH
IF IT FEELS GOOD DO IT |
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SUGGESTED TO SENECA TO COMMIT SUCICIDE AND HE DID
EPICUREAN
BURNED ROME AND BLAMED THE CHRISTIANS
KILLED AND FED THE CHRISTIANS TO THE LIONS
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BEST KNOWN WRITER OF DRAMATIC THEORY AND CRITICISM
SON OF A FREED SLAVE
FAMOUS FOR WRITING LYRIC POETRY
THOUGHT COMEDY AND TRAGEDY SHOULD NEVER BE COMBINED
HE SAID SHOULD HAVE 5 ACTS
NO MORE THAN 3 ACTORS IN A SCENE
PURPOSE OF DRAMA WAS TO ENTERTAINE AND INSTRUCT
CHORUS MUST FORWARD THE ACTION
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| HOW A CHARACTER SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN A PLAY THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE CHARACTER MUST BE SUITABLE FOR THE CHARACTERS: AGE, GENDER, SOCIAL STATUS, AND EMOTIONAL STATE |
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THE LEAD ACTOR AND IN CHARGE OF FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS
THE ACQUIRING OF DRAMAS
THE HIRING OF MUSICIANS AND COSTUMES |
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A STAR IN ROMAN THEATRE
REWARDED FINANCIALLY
ACCEPTED SOCIALLY |
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A STAR IN ROMAN THEATRE
REWARDED FINANCIALLY
ACCEPTED SOCIALLY |
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| WHERE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAT |
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| A LARGE RAISED PLATFORM OR THE STAGE |
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2 OR 3 STORIES
IN COMEDIES THEY USED WINDOWS SO YOU COULD HAVE 3 DOORS, BALCONIES AND WINDOWS
STORAGE AND DRESSING ROOMS |
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FASCADE OF THE SCAENA
BEAUTIFUL COLUMNS
ORNATE STATUARY
5 ENTRANCES
CENTRAL ENTRANCE HAD STAIRS |
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| A FRONT CURTAIN BETWEEN 2 COLUMNS TO HIDE THE ACTORS |
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| PAINTED BACKDROP=DIFFERENT SCENE |
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| A FORM OF POPULAR ENTERTAINEMENT THEY WERE SEA BATTLES STAGED ON LAKES |
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COULD HOLD 60,000 PEOPLE
USED FOR CHARIOT RACES |
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WHERE CHRISTIANS WERE TO BE FED TO THE LIONS
WHERE CHRISTIANS WERE BURNED ALIVE |
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MIME PLAYS
EXTREMELY SEXUALLY PROVACATIVE (POLE DANCING, BURLESQUE)
PERFORMED IN TOWN SQUARES AND OPEN COURTYARDS |
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| A SINGLE DANCE LIKE BALLET |
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| ROME GOT DIVIDED INTO 2 CAPITALS THEREFOR 2 RELIGIONS CATHOLIC AND BYZANTINE |
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| AN ARCHITECTURE=A TREATISE WRITTEN BY VITRUVIUS DEDICATED TO THE EMPEROR |
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| LEADER OF MILITARY FORCES IN CARTHAGE THAT FOUGHT AGAINST ROME IN THE 2ND. PUNIC WAR |
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| BUILT A PERMANENT STONE THEATRE HE SAID IT WAS A RELIGIOUS EDIFICE BECAUSE HE PLACED A RELIGIOUS SHRINE NEAR THE TOP |
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| WHO ESTABLISHED THE LUDI ROMANI |
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| WHO WAS THE FIRST KNOWN DRMATIST TO WRITE IN LATIN |
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| WHO WAS THE FIRST PLAYWRIGHT BORN A ROMAN CITIZEN |
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| COMEDY BASED ON GREEK MODELS |
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| NAME TWO WORKS BASED ON THE MENAECHNI |
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| THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE AND COMEDY OF ERRORS |
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| NAME PLAUTUS BRAGGART SOLDIER |
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| WHAT MYTH DID PLAUTUS, MOLIERE, AND GIRADOUX? |
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| WHAT WAS TERRENCES REPLY WHEN ACCUSED OF PLAGERISM |
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| HE DID NOT DENY IT AND HE MEANT TO DO IT AGAIN |
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| NAME THE CHRISTIAN TERRENCE |
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| NAME 3 ROMAN TRAGIC PLAYWRIGHTS |
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| QUINTIUS ENNIUS, MARCUS PACEVIUS, LUCIUS ACCIUS |
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| DESCRIBE SENECA'S TWO EXILES |
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WHEN CALIGULA CONSIDERED EXECUTING HIM
7 YEARS BY MESSILINA FOR POLITICAL REASONS |
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| HOW DOES THYESTES DISPLAY VIOLENCE ON THE STAGE |
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| HE EATS THE FLESH AND DRINKS THE BLOOD OF HIS CHILDREN IN FULL VIEW OF THE AUDIENCE |
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| NAME TWO EXAMPLES OF HORACES LYRIC POETRY |
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| WITH WHOM DID HORACE FIGHT AT PHILLIPPI AND AGAINST WHOM |
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BRUTUS ARMY
AGAINST AGUSTUS |
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| WHY WERE OFFICIALS OF ROME AFRAID TO BUILD PERMANENT THEATRES |
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| THEY MIGHT POSE A DANGER TO PUBLIC MORALS |
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| IF YOU WERE A MIME PERFORMER PLAYING FOR HELIOGABALUS WHAT WOULD YOU BE EXPECTED TO DO |
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| PERFORM ACTUAL SEXUAL ACTS |
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