Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . i POMPEIANA. 233. THEATRES. The theatres of Rome, for a long time ofwood, were commonly open at top; andthe scenic representations took place inopen day. The seats were occupied atrandom by the first comers ^, until the timeof Scipio Africanus ^: but by the Roscian 1 Vide Ulpian, in Demosth. Olint. 2 He separated the senators from the people; but at theCircus the former had no privilege until the reign of Claudius. 234 POMPEIANA. Law the lower fourteen were reservedfor the dignified orders Under Pompeythey first became regular st
Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . i POMPEIANA. 233. THEATRES. The theatres of Rome, for a long time ofwood, were commonly open at top; andthe scenic representations took place inopen day. The seats were occupied atrandom by the first comers ^, until the timeof Scipio Africanus ^: but by the Roscian 1 Vide Ulpian, in Demosth. Olint. 2 He separated the senators from the people; but at theCircus the former had no privilege until the reign of Claudius. 234 POMPEIANA. Law the lower fourteen were reservedfor the dignified orders Under Pompeythey first became regular structures; andsubsequently Augustus undertook to re-gulate the disorder which continually aroseamongst the spectators in a space so un-defined, and of which every part was easilyaccessible to any individual who had oncemade good an en try ^. When that emperor assigned to eachorder its place, he distributed the militarydistinct from the populace. Separatecunei and cinctions were allotted to thepriests, the vestals, and various distin-guished orders. To the senators were re-served
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