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Historical Background
Up until 61 BCE, there had never been a permanent theater in the city of Rome. The social tradition was that wealthy people seeking public favor (usually running for public office) would pay to have temporary wooden theaters constructed for several days of plays and games, and these theaters would be torn down at the end of the festivities. But Pompey, upon returning to Rome in the late 60s BCE, having swept the entire Mediterranean Sea clean of pirates from west to east and fresh off victories over King Mithridates of Pontus in the Third Mithridatic War, decided that he deserved better. He was awarded an unprecedented third triumph by the Senate, and to celebrate, he drew up plans to build Rome's first permanent, stone theater.
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head of Pompey in Egypt, rather than their normal building in the Forum, but nevertheless, they are clear Caesar was assassinated there. You have all seen two version of how it took place---both are reasonably faithful to the ancient accounts, even if they misplace the event in the Forum. Now you know why Caesar died in front of a statue of Pompey: It happened at his theater.
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{http://photos.worldisround.com/photos/14/277/104_o.jpg} One of the many stray cats at the Largo Di Torre Argentina cat sanctuary that unwittingly tread every day on the spot of Caesar's murder.
Ancient/Modern Comparisons

By Lucretius (Mr. Van Eimeren)
The Theater of Pompey (Theatrum Pompeii)
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Historical Background
Up until 61 BCE, there had never been a permanent theater in the city of Rome. The social tradition was that wealthy people seeking public favor (usually running for public office) would pay to have temporary wooden theaters constructed for several days of plays and games, and these theaters would be torn down at the end of the festivities. But Pompey, upon returning to Rome in the late 60s BCE, having swept the entire Mediterranean Sea clean of pirates from west to east and fresh off victories over King Mithridates of Pontus in the Third Mithridatic War, decided that he deserved better. He was awarded an unprecedented third triumph by the Senate, and to celebrate, he drew up plans to build Rome's first permanent, stone theater.

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{Screen_shot_2012-04-16_at_3.48.40_PM.png} An arial view of the sacred area today. Note that the leftmost temple is underneath the modern street, as is most of the curia where Caesar was assassinated.
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References:
http://www.theaterofpompey.com/auditorium/firsttheater.shtml

By Lucretius (Mr. Van Eimeren)
The Theater of Pompey (Theatrum Pompeii)
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Historical Background
Up until 61 BCE, there had never been a permanent theater in the city of Rome. The social tradition was that wealthy people seeking public favor (usually running for public office) would pay to have temporary wooden theaters constructed for several days of plays and games, and these theaters would be torn down at the end of the festivities. But Pompey, upon returning to Rome in the late 60s BCE, having swept the entire Mediterranean Sea clean of pirates from west to east and fresh off victories over King Mithridates of Pontus in the Third Mithridatic War, decided that he deserved better. He was awarded an unprecedented third triumph by the Senate, and to celebrate, he drew up plans to build Rome's first permanent, stone theater.

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By Lucretius (Mr. Van Eimeren)
The Theater of Pompey (Theatrum Pompeii)

By Lucretius (Mr. Van Eimeren)
The Theater of Pompey (Theatrum Pompeii)
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Historical Background
Up until 61 BCE, there had never been a permanent theater in the city of Rome. The social tradition was that wealthy people seeking public favor (usually running for public office) would pay to have temporary wooden theaters constructed for several days of plays and games, and these theaters would be torn down at the end of the festivities. But Pompey, upon returning to Rome in the late 60s BCE, having swept the entire Mediterranean Sea clean of pirates from west to east and fresh off victories over King Mithridates of Pontus in the Third Mithridatic War, decided that he deserved better. He was awarded an unprecedented third triumph by the Senate, and to celebrate, he drew up plans to build Rome's first permanent, stone theater.

By Lucretius (Mr. Van Eimeren)
The Theater of Pompey (Theatrum Pompeii)
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Historical Background
Up until 61 BCE, there had never been a permanent theater in the city of Rome. The social tradition was that wealthy people seeking public favor (usually running for public office) would pay to have temporary wooden theaters constructed for several days of plays and games, and these theaters would be torn down at the end of the festivities. But Pompey, upon returning to Rome in the late 60s BCE, having swept the entire Mediterranean Sea clean of pirates from west to east and fresh off victories over King Mithridates of Pontus in the Third Mithridatic War, decided that he deserved better. He was awarded an unprecedented third triumph by the Senate, and to celebrate, he drew up plans to build Rome's first permanent, stone theater.

By Lucretius (Mr. Van Eimeren)
The Theater of Pompey (Theatrum Pompeii)
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Historical Background
Up until 61 BCE, there had never been a permanent theater in the city of Rome. The social tradition was that wealthy people seeking public favor (usually running for public office) would pay to have temporary wooden theaters constructed for several days of plays and games, and these theaters would be torn down at the end of the festivities. But Pompey, upon returning to Rome in the late 60s BCE, having swept the entire Mediterranean Sea clean of pirates from west to east and fresh off victories over King Mithridates of Pontus in the Third Mithridatic War, decided that he deserved better. He was awarded an unprecedented third triumph by the Senate, and to celebrate, he drew up plans to build Rome's first permanent, stone theater.

head of Pompey in Egypt, rather than their normal building in the Forum, but nevertheless, they are clear Caesar was assassinated there. You have all seen two version of how it took place---both are reasonably faithful to the ancient accounts, even if they misplace the event in the Forum. Now you know why Caesar died in front of a statue of Pompey: It happened at his theater.
Today, the theater itself and the larger courtyard have been buried by the centuries and now sit under several city blocks of the modern Roman city. The ruins of the edge of the curia and the four temples of the sacred outer courtyard, however, are still accessible today and visible from the street. The below-ground city block that these ruins inhabit is today called the Largo Di Torre Argentina, and is home to a no-kill sanctuary for stray cats. You can imagine that as a cat shelter as well as the place of Julius Caesar's death, this peculiar sunken city block is quite a tourist attraction. If you ever visit Rome, feel free to check out this fascinating site, now that you know so much about it!
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Ancient/Modern Comparisons
{Screen_shot_2012-04-13_at_8.56.25_PM.png} Google Earth's Rome Layer version of the Theater of Pompey. Compare to what is there today (below). {Screen_shot_2012-04-13_at_10.05.56_PM.png} Rome today: Note the curved structure of the buildings on the left, which mimics the curvature of the ancient theater. The remains of the four temples and part of the curia are on the right, and the road cuts off exactly where it did in ancient times.

{Screen_shot_2012-04-13_at_10.01.56_PM.png} The ruins of the temples in the sacred area as they stand today.returned from defeating and receiving the severed
head of Pompey in Egypt, rather than their normal building in the Forum, but nevertheless, they are clear Caesar was assassinated there. You have all seen two version of how it took place---both are reasonably faithful to the ancient accounts, even if they misplace the event in the Forum. Now you know why Caesar died in front of a statue of Pompey: It happened at his theater.
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{http://photos.worldisround.com/photos/14/277/104_o.jpg} One of the many stray cats at the largo di torre argentina cat sanctuary that unwittingly tread every day on the spot of Caesar's murder.
Ancient/Modern Comparisons