Rome Review Flashcards
1
Q
WHEN ROME
A
500BCE
2
Q
WHEN ROMAN EMPIRE
A
27-476 CE
3
Q
ODEON
A
- Stand-alone theatre
- closed unified building
- stone not wood
- built more permanently
- half circle orchestra
- shift the backdrop to a more permanent staging
- 1st permanent 55 BCE
4
Q
Vomitoria
A
entrances and exits around the stage
*think flow in & flow out
5
Q
Ampitheatres
A
ex. Coliseum
- SPORTS
- OLYMPICS
6
Q
circus
A
- long skinny arena
- chariot races
7
Q
Roman spectacles - Atellan Farce
A
- religious improvised, masked comedy
OG Oscin religion Italy
8
Q
Roman spectacles - Mime
A
- women
- unmasked, improvised entertainment
- associated with sex workers
- mime actress = sex worker
- bawdy humour, lives of the lowest classes
9
Q
Pantonime
A
- non-speaking
- less comedic
- stories told by gesture and dance using masks and movement
10
Q
Gladiators 60 CE
A
- staged violence
- armed men and women
- fight in ampitheatres
- slaves, prisoners, condemned to fight
- gladiator schools
- Christian martyrs condemned to fight
- low class volunteers to fight
- public spectacle funded
11
Q
Emfamy status
A
- actors
- gladiators
- charioters
- Venatores
ALL are considered low class
12
Q
Venationes
Ventio
Venatores
A
Man vs beast
Venatores vs beastiarii
Travel all over the empire to get the animal
13
Q
How many animals killed in first 100 days of colloseum open? 80 CE
A
9000 animals
14
Q
98 CE, Emporor Trajan had how many animals killed
A
11, 000 animals
15
Q
Theatre in the amphitheatre moments
A
204 BCE - Noah’s ark moment
281 CE - Forest inside with audience participation
