The Theatre of Pompey (Latin: Theatrum Pompeii, Italian: Teatro di Pompeo), also known by other names, was a structure in Ancient Rome built during the latter part of the Roman Republican era by Pompey the Great. Completed in 55 BC, it was the first permanent theatre to be built in Rome. Its ruins are located at Largo di Torre Argentina.
Enclosed by the large columned porticos was an expansive garden complex of fountains and statues. Along the stretch of the covered arcade were rooms dedicated to the exposition of art and other works collected by Pompey during his campaigns. On the opposite end of the garden complex was the Curia of Pompey for political meetings. The senate would often use this building along with a number of temples and halls that satisfied the requirements for their formal meetings. The curia is infamous as the place where Julius Caesar was assassinated by Brutus and Cassius during a session of the Senate on 15 March 44 BC.
The TheatreofPompey (Latin: Theatrum Pompeii, Italian: Teatro di Pompeo), also known by other names, was a structure in Ancient Rome built during the...
a group of senators on the Ides of March (15 March) of 44 BC during a meeting of the Senate at the Curia ofPompeyof the TheatreofPompey in Rome where...
The Theatreof Marcellus (Latin: Theatrum Marcelli, Italian: Teatro di Marcello) is an ancient open-air theatre in Rome, Italy, built in the closing years...
28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey (/ˈpɒmpiː/, POM-pee) or Pompey the Great, was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic. He played a significant...
The Curia ofPompey, sometimes referred to as the Curia Pompeia, was one of several named meeting halls from Republican Rome of historic significance...
second Hercules statue was discovered near the TheatreofPompey. The Hercules of the TheatreofPompey had been carefully buried under protective tiles...
of the Senate and cleared the original space. The work, however, was interrupted by Caesar's assassination at the Curia ofPompeyof the Theatreof Pompey...
the Ides of March. On his way to the TheatreofPompey, where he would be assassinated, Caesar passed the seer and joked, "Well, the Ides of March are...
directly behind the scaenae frons of the TheatreofPompey. It enclosed a large and popular public garden in the ancient city of Rome. The porticus was dedicated...
three allies. Caesar secured passage of an agrarian law which helped resettle Pompey's veterans, a law ratifying Pompey's settlements after the Third Mithridatic...
The TheatreofPompey remained in use through the early 6th century but was dismantled for its stone in the Middle Ages. Virtually nothing of the vast...
senate meeting on the Ides of March (15 March). Antony also went with Caesar, but was waylaid at the door of the TheatreofPompey by Trebonius and was distracted...
Pompeiani was the name of two gardens built by Pompey the Great. One surrounded the TheatreofPompey, built in 55 BC, the other were a set of private gardens...
Roman Republican temples and the remains ofPompey'sTheatre. It is in the ancient Campus Martius. The name of the square comes from the Torre Argentina...
city and one of the most famous fountains in the world. The fountain, at the junction of three roads (tre vie), marks the terminal point of the "modern"...
The seven hills of Rome (Latin: Septem colles/montes Romae, Italian: Sette colli di Roma [ˈsɛtte ˈkɔlli di ˈroːma]) east of the river Tiber form the geographical...
It derives its basic exterior and interior architecture from that of two theatres back to back. It is elliptical in plan and is 189 meters (615 ft /...
commander Pompey the Great was married five times. These marriages were not only romantic matches, but political arrangements, often dictated by Pompey's political...
statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and...
built over part of the curia section of the TheatreofPompey. This curia was the location of the assassination of Julius Caesar. The theatre was commissioned...
monumental stairway of 135 steps is linked with the Trinità dei Monti church under the patronage of the Bourbon kings of France, at the top of the steps, and...
Triumvirate" is a modern misnomer derived from the branding of the political alliance between Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar (created c. 59 BC) as the "First"...
to enter on foot rather than on a chariot led by white horses The TheatreofPompey, where Julius Caesar was murdered, was outside the pomerium and included...
Ghirlandaio and Cosimo Rosselli, created a series of frescos depicting the Life of Moses and the Life of Christ, offset by papal portraits above and trompe-l'œil...
("Swollen-ankled") and Catulus ("Puppy"). At the age of 15, in 90 BC, Cicero started serving under Pompey Strabo and later Sulla in the Social war between...
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