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1 ORCHESTRA This space, the lower stage where the chorus stood, was smaller in Roman theaters than in Greek ones and evolved fro ...
LIFE UPON THE STAGE The South Theater at Jerash was built during the late first-century A.D. reign of Domitian over an older str ...
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1 RELIEFS WITH ORNATE DECORATIONS HAD ONCE FORMED PART OF THE LINTELS OF THE OVAL PLAZA. ALAMY/ACI A UNIQUE SPACE THE SPECTACULA ...
2 South Theater 4 3 (^2) CENTRAL STATUE In the center of the Oval Plaza stood a podium with a statue, perhaps of the emperor Had ...
IN HONOR OF ARTEMIS CONSTRUCTION OF THE ARTEMIS TEMPLE began in A.D. 150, during the reign of Antoninus Pius. Artemis, the Greek ...
2 HEXASTYLE Six columns in front, six at the back, and 11 on each side supported the temple. All were Corinthian, decorated with ...
BIG, BAD BOUDICA BRITAIN REBELS AGAINST ROME ...
A QUEEN COMMANDS HER PEOPLE Boudica urges the Britons to defend their country against the Roman invaders. Print by William Sharp ...
PROTECTIVE SHIELD Found in the Thames in 1857, a copper shield (above) dates from 350-50 B.C. Its fine craftsmanship hints at th ...
Britannia During the Revolt of Boudica (A.D. 60) Battle (exact locations unknown) Route of Boudica’s rebels Route of Roman troop ...
In the speech attributed to her by Dio Cassius, Boudica rallies her forces and prepares them for war. She sets out the causes fo ...
[L]et us, my countrymen and friends and kinsmen—for I consider you all kinsmen, see- ing that you inhabit a single island and ar ...
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1 A P PE A R A N C E D io C as si us d es cr ib es B ou di ca as ta ll^ an d^ im po si ng w ith a “g re at m as s^ o f^ t he ta ...
GOLDEN RULE Tacitus describes Boudica wearing a torque, a feature of Celtic warrior dress. Weighing just over two pounds, the Sn ...
Quashing the Revolt Suetonius Paulinus, Britannia’s governor, was a senior member of the Roman elite. Suetonius Paulinus was bor ...
FA ST FIGHTING At the time of his invasion in 55-54 B.C., Julius Caesar reported the Britons’ use of chariots, as shown on a Rom ...
PROFESSOR OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM, ENGLAND, RICHARD HINGLEY IS THE CO-AUTHOR OF A BOOK ABOUT BOUDICA, AND A S ...
Tacitus provides details of the battleground where the Romans finally finished off Boudica’s revolt: “a position approached by a ...
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