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Pompey paid for this theatre to gain political popularity during his second consulship. According to Plutarch, Pompey was inspired by his visit in 62 BC to a Greek theatre in Mytilene. [5] However, this is likely mistaken, as the theatre at Mytilene would have been built into a hill-side and, unlike Pompey's theatre, did not have a scaena.
The latter emperor, however, put his descendants to death towards the end of his reign, in AD 33, because their ancestor had been one of Pompey's friends, and had received after his death divine honours from the Lesbians. [13] The people of Mytilene commemorated Theophanes as a hero after his death and put his portrait on their bronze coins.
Ancient Theatre of Mytilene [17] Archaeological Museum of Mytilene; ... (according to Plutarch it was the inspiration for Pompey's theatre in Rome in 55 BC, the first ...
In 55 BC, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great) dedicated the opening of the largest theater in the ancient world before its full completion. Built from the profits of his war campaigns, the structure was a political statement meant to raise the status of the Roman general and consul, as well as to memorialize his achievements throughout his career.
Pompey later gave Mytilene autonomy, which Emperor Vespasian revoked in 70 AD but Emperor Hadrian Later restored. Theophanes of Mytilene lived in the 1st century, he was a historian and intellectual who was friends with Pompey according to Plutarch he granted freedoms to Mytilene for Theophanes sake. According to excavations both in the Castle ...
The Teatro Argentina is an 18th-century opera house and theatre located in the square. The premieres of many notable operas took place there. The premieres of many notable operas took place there. They include Gioachino Rossini 's The Barber of Seville in 1816 [ 14 ] and Giuseppe Verdi 's I due Foscari in 1844 [ 15 ] and La battaglia di Legnano ...
The Odeon was a smaller roofed theatre, theatrum tectum, that sat 1500 spectators and was built in 80 BC. [5] The theatre follows the plan of other Roman theatres and odeon structures. Where the Large Theatre was used primarily for staging drama, the Odeon was intended for council meetings as well as entertainment.
The Portico of Pompey (Latin: Porticus Pompeii), also known as the Great Walkway (Ambulatio Magni) and Hall of a Hundred Pillars (Hecatostylon), [1] was a large quadriporticus located directly behind the scaenae frons of the Theatre of Pompey. It enclosed a large and popular public garden in the ancient city of Rome. The porticus was dedicated ...