Book contents
- Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome
- Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- ONE Introduction: Souvenirs of the Roman Empire
- Part I
- Part II
- FIVE Souvenirs of the Circus and Arena
- SIX Souvenirs of the Theater
- SEVEN Imagining the Roman Empire
- EIGHT Conclusion: Rethinking Rome
- Notes
- References
- Index
SIX - Souvenirs of the Theater
from Part II
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 May 2022
Book contents
- Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome
- Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- ONE Introduction: Souvenirs of the Roman Empire
- Part I
- Part II
- FIVE Souvenirs of the Circus and Arena
- SIX Souvenirs of the Theater
- SEVEN Imagining the Roman Empire
- EIGHT Conclusion: Rethinking Rome
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 6 focuses on souvenirs of Roman theater, including traditional drama, pantomime, and mime. These objects constructed an abstracted idea of theater that could accrue a wide range of meanings, from the apotropaic to the festive to the culturally prestigious, and allowed people from widely varying social classes and backgrounds to identify with the cachet of Greek theater and an ideal of Greek culture more generally.
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- Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome , pp. 165 - 206Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022