DRAMA208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pater Familias, Plebs, Pietas
25 Sep 2018
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There were indigenous forms of performance and entertainment in. Greek culture and gods are absorbed = artemis-diana, aphrodite- They would build a stage and get everything ready and then destroy it once the performance had finished and rebel against the. If a building was there it could be a gathering place to conspire republic. Romans tried to appropriate the greek culture to make new ideas familiarized. Romans are taking over greece while theatre is becoming a major form of entertainment. Romans changed greek plays to push their socioeconomic agenda. The roman republic (509 bce 27 bce ) and roman empire (27 bce. The roman republic was divided between two classes, the patricians (wealthy aristocrats) and the plebeians (ordinary, lower-class citizens) [ ] only males (eventually including freed slaves and even non- The most powerful branch of the republic was the senate. Senators were almost always patricians who were skilled in the arts of rhetoric and verbal persuasion.
