l. c.; Liv. xxxix. 22).  Dramatic recitations were by no means excluded from these mixed entertainments, since among the players whom Lucius Anicius caused to appear in 587 in Rome, tragedians are expressly mentioned; there was however no exhibition of plays in the strict sense, but either whole dramas, or perhaps still more frequently pieces taken from them, were declaimed or sung to the flute by single artists.  This must accordingly have been done also in Rome; but to all appearance for the Roman public the main matter in these Greek games was the music and dancing, and the text probably had little more significance for them than the texts of the Italian opera for the Londoners and Parisians of the present day.  Those composite entertainments with their confused medley were far better suited for the Ionian public, and especially for exhibitions in private houses, than proper scenic performances in the Greek language; the view that the latter also took place in Rome cannot be refuted, but can as little be proved.

45.  V. XI.  Sciences of General Culture at This Period

End of Notes for Volume V

TABLE OF CALENDAR EQUIVALENTS

A.U.C.*          B.C.   B.C.              A.U.C.
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000              753   753              000
025          728       750          003
050      703           725      028
075  678               700  053
100              653   675              078
125          628       650          103
150      603           625      128
175  578               600  153
200              553   575              178
225          528       550          203
250      503           525      228
275  478               500  253
300              453   475              278
325          428       450          303
350      303           425      328
375  378               400  353
400              353   375              378
425          328       350          403
450      303           325      428
475  278               300  453
500              253   275              478
525          228       250          503
550      203           225      528
575  178               200  553
600              153   175              578
625          128       150          603
650      103           125      628
675  078               100  653
700              053   075              678
725          028       050          703
750      003           025      728
753  000               000  753

A.  U. C.—­Ab Urbe Condita (from the founding of the City of Rome)

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