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At the same time, he chose young men of the equestrian order, and above five thousand robust young fellows from the common people, on purpose to learn various kinds of applause, called bombi, imbrices, and testae , which they were to practise in his favour, whenever he performed.
Whereas I cannot endure to go unbuttoned or untied; my neighbouring labourers would think themselves in chains, if they were so braced. "Nudaque consistunt, formam servantia testae, Vina; nec hausta meri, sed data frusta, bibunt."
An inner logia was connected with a suite of apartments. There was also an exedra, or recess. Among the Romans, theatrical approbation was signified by an artificial musical kind of noise, made by the audience to express satisfaction. There were three species of applause denominated from the different noises made in them, viz.: Bombus, Imbrius, and Testae.
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