Theater of Nero
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/406270378
41.9017027279, 12.4609551844
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Theatre of Nero (AD 1 - AD 99) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- theatrum peculiare (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Theater of Nero located at Roma (unspecified date range)
- Theater of Nero part of (analytical) Vaticanus Ager (unspecified date range)
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archaeological site, theatre, theater
Pleiades
Pliny the Elder describes a special theater (theatrum peculiare) that was located across the River Tiber in the gardens of Agrippina. Nero himself performed there. Excavators are linking these remains with the Plinian mention. Both Tacitus and Suetonius mention these performances but do not explicitly discuss the building.
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Theater of Nero: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/406270378> [accessed: 13 October 2024]
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