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The histriones, however, whom for this purpose they summoned from Etruria, were merely dancers, who probably did not attempt any pantomimic dances, but endeavoured to delight their audience by the agility of their movements. Their oldest spoken plays, the Fabulae Atellanae, the Romans borrowed from the Osci, the aboriginal inhabitants of Italy.
Of his multifarious works we possess two short treatises which pass under his name, the first on mythology, called Fabulae, a series of extracts from his Genealogiae, which we have in an abridgment; the second on astronomy, extending, though this is also in an abridged form, to four books. A few details of his life are given by Suetonius.
Roman Theatres Description "Deadheads" Pantomime in Italy Livius Andronicus Fabulae Atellanae Extemporal Comedy Origin of the Masque, Opera, and Vaudeville Origin of the term Histrionic Etruscans Popularity of Pantomime in Italy Pantomimists banished by Trajan Nero as a Mime Pylades and Bathyllus Subjects chosen for the Roman Pantomimes The Ballet The Mimi and Pantomimi Archimimus Vespasian Harlequin "Mr.
Early Literature of the Romans; the Fescennine Songs; the Fabulae Atellanae. 2. Early Latin Poets; Livius Andronicus, Naevius, and Ennius. 3. Roman Comedy. 4. Comic Poets; Plautus, Terence, and Statius. 5. Roman Tragedy. 6. Tragic Poets; Pacuvius and Attius. 7. Satire; Lucilius. 8. History and Oratory; Fabius Pictor; Cencius Alimentus; Cato; Varro; M. Antonius; Crassus; Hortensius. 9.
"Nunquam periclum sine periclo vincitar." Horace mentions Laberius not uncomplimentarily, though he professes no interest in the sort of composition he represented. Perhaps he judged him by his audience. They are described as Mimicae fabulae, versibus plerunque iambicis conscriptae, and appear to have differed in some way from the actual mimes, probably in not being represented on the stage.
When the Greek drama was brought into Rome by Livius Andronicus, the Fabulae Atellanae, or Laudi Osci derived from the town of Atella, in Campania, between Capua and Naples was still employed to furnish the Interludes, and just in a similar way as the Satyra Extemporal Interludes supplied the Grecian stage.
No. 153. Saturday, August 25, 1711. Steele. 'Habet natura ut aliarum omnium rerum sic vivendi modum; senectus autem peractio AEtatis est tanquam Fabulae. Cujus defatigationem fugere debemus, praesertim adjuncta Satietate. Tull. 'de Senec.
They were known by the name of "Fabulae Atellanae," from Attela, a town in Campania, where they were first performed. They remained in favor with the Roman people for centuries. Sylla amused his leisure hours in writing them, and Suetonius bears testimony to their having been a popular amusement under the empire.
In Italy the Masque entertainment long held sway, and was a light form of amusement, consisting of Pantomime, music, singing, and dancing, and an adaptation of the Fabulae Atellanae of ancient Italy. The performers wore masks, also high-heeled shoes, fitted with brass or iron heels, which jingled as they danced. This ancient custom to present-day stage dancers will doubtless be of interest.
The old Arabs, again, had their tales, which we now call the 'Arabian Nights. The old Romans had theirs, and they called them 'Fabulae, from which our word 'fable' comes; but the old Hellens called theirs 'Muthoi, from which our new word 'myth' is taken.
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