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To: nwrep

“To meet this demand, the Roman Empire built massive theaters, many of which were capable of holding 10,000 spectators or more at one time. Roman fondness for plays explains why nearly every city in the empire contained its own theater.”

https://architectureofcities.com/roman-theaters


7 posted on 05/23/2025 5:43:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The moron troll Ted Holden believes that humans originated on Ganymede.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Helen Thomas headlined at this theater in 407 BC as Lysistrata, but no one wanted to have sex with her so it wasn’t believable, people left early and the show closed after one performance.
>Leave Helen alone!
No.


8 posted on 05/23/2025 9:18:00 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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