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Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii (1875)

Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850, Heath, Charles, 1785-1848 · London : Chatto and Windus · leaf 278

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THEATRES. The theatres of Rome, for a long time of wood, werecommonly open at top ; and the scenic representationstook place in open day. The seats were occupied atrandom by the first comers,^ until the time of ScipioAfricanus -? but by the Roscian Law the lower fourteenwere reserved for the…

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