Sources for Leisure and Entertainment

Books: (see also General Reference Works)

Beacham, R.C. The Roman Theatre and its Audience. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991.

Slater, William J., ed. Dining in a Classical Context. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1991.

Slater, William. Roman Theater and Society : E. Togo Salmon Papers I. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1996.

External Links:

• Antique Roman Dishes - Collection, what the Romans ate and how to cook it
• Introduction to Roman Stagecraft (Didaskalia—local copy of file at Austin College) )
• Roman Permanent Theatres (THEATRON)
• Brief Introduction and Background to Roman Comedy (Robert Cape, Austin College)
• Plautus' Aulularia (Miami University and Wellington School), includes essays and images on Roman comedy plus the Latin text of the play
• The Brothers Menaechmus (a translation and production of Plautus' play by Furman University)
• Roman Board Games (Jan Kowalski, with assistance from Penn State History Department)

Image List: The following images from the pages on this topic are available through the VRoma Image Archive; further information can be found by consulting the various slide indices. Images in the VRoma Archive may be used for non-commercial purposes, either by downloading the images or by linking to them; it is not necessary to write for permission, but we do ask that you credit the VRoma Project.

A few images have been linked to these pages from external sites, including a CAD model of a Roman theater from the VRoma Plautus site; two images from Leo Curran's Maecenas web pages; and a CAD reproduction of a Roman triclinium by the Taisei Corporation.

Rome model with highlighted leisure sites	reconstructed litter	mosaic of dining couple with servants	wall painting of citharist, man, woman	Nile mosaic from temple of Fortuna Primigenia
plastico of 4th century Rome, EUR	Rome, Conservatori Museum	Vienna KH Museum, 1st century CE	British Museum, 1st century CE	Pergamon Museum, c. 80 BCE

detail of Nile mosaic	interior of thermopolium with serving counter	restaurant with original counter and wall paintings	mosaic of prostitute with customer	wall painting of brothel scene
Pergamon Museum, c. 80 BCE	Pompeii	Ostia, Via di Diana	Piazza Armerina, 4th century CE	lupanar, Pompeii

Myrina statuettes of comic and tragic actors	mosaic of 2 actors with masks	mosaic of comic masks, flute girl & slave	view of cavea and upper portico	model of scaenae frons and stage roof
Vienna KH Museum, 2nd-1st century BCE	Sousse Museum, Tunisia	Rome, Conservatori Museum	Aspendos Theater	EUR (Aspendos Theater?)

connection btw. cavea and scaenae frons	model of Theater of Marcellus	cavea looking down at orchestra
Aspendos Theater	plastico, EUR	Odeon, Pompeii

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