In every respectable bath complex in ancient Rome, there is a small theater for the entertainment of its patrons. The Baths of Trajan have a state of the art theater. Please come in and enjoy the performance of the day. Whether comedy or tragedy, you will be taken by the talent of our actors and the stories of our playwrights. From Seneca's tragedies to the popular comedies of Plautus and Terence, our repertoire is inexaustible.
For comparison, see the ruins of the theater at Ostia. Click the following links to see tragic theater masks, comedy masks, a marble comedy mask, a comic actor sitting on an altar, a comic actor on stage, and actors holding masks in dressing room.
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