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Q- Pa\'ement of rhe ropmosr le\'e1 of rhe rhearre where rhe ladies' ser\'ants were accommodared. and which was adorned \\'irh bronze
srarues.
R- Pedesrals for the srarues \\'hich intersecr inro rhe gradients.
S- Sreps of rhe indicated corridor which go up ro rhe le\'e1 abo\'e. "'
T- Sreps of rhe uOlllitori'l,

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A- Public srreet \\'ith sub-strucrure.
B- Pa\'ement of the porrico behind the scaen,le. ,C- Dressing room,

0- Perlllanent Scene,

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Passagewa\' in the lateral prosceni,l.
Flooring of the plllpitlIIn.
Room beneath the same, where rhe rhearre machines are opera red, ,Supporring wall for rhe tloor beams of rhe stage which connecr ro
rhe Perlllanellt Scelle,
Door ro rhe orchestra wirh rhe following murilated
inscriprion, reproduced here: L· ANIVS· "[A.\\'I1IA:\\lS· RVFVS
. II· VIR· QVINQ· THL-\TR· aRCHES."
Gradients for rhe nobilir\',
Firsr tier wirh podium,
Gradiellts for rhe specrarors,
Sreps for rhe Clluei.

0- Triblllwlia.""
P- Gradients in front of rhe tribllnali'l for rhe scribes and noraries of
rhe magisrrares, In rhe firsr of rhese. a srarue of :\. Balbus \\'as
erecred wirh rhis inscriprion on rhe base. here again repeared: .\ 1 '
NO'-JIO ' ,,\ ' F' BALBO, PR ' PRO, COS' ERCVL-\'-JENSES,'
Q- Gradients behind rhe triblln<1Ii'1 for rhe lictors "and public servants.

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upporred b\' cro s-beams. of rhe entrance ro rhe triblln<1-

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S- \'olllitory.
T- Corridor of rhe same.
\'- \'aulred spaces \\'hich form rhe second order on rhe exrerior of rhe
Thearre.
Second tier wirh gradients and irs pam, which are shown abo\'e.
y- Porticos wirhin rhe strucrure of rhe rhearre" for rhe use of rhe people.
Comparrments in rhe foundarion of rhe gradients of rhe rhearre ro be
used for \'endors of foodsruff , sweers and fruirs.

Figure II.
T ransyerse Secrion of the Thearre and the Pen/tallell! Scelle

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Side View of rhe Theatre and Scaellae and Cross Secrion of rhe Stairs
\~'hich Lead ro the Corridors of the Vomitoria
Figure I.
Side View of the Theatre Exterior
.-\- Street surrounding the porticos of the scaellae.
B- ,-\ bove menrioned porricos,
C- Entrance ro one of the rooms of the Coragio de' Peglllati, or machinen' of the scene. The walls of these rooms were dressed on rhe outside
in' fine srucco in rhe form of pilasters wirhout bases. and tluted one
third of rhe \\'a\' up, and in the rest of these the tluring is marked in
lines wirh the SUICCO and painted red, In rhe interior. then. rhe walls
\\'ere sruccoed the same and painted red,
0- Entrance ro the orchestr'l with walls co\'ered o\'er in srucco and painted red.
E- Location for the three statues indicated in Plate I, Letter Y. and with
the follo\\'ing inscriptions as one reads in the courr of the Porrici
'\[useum, On the one in rhe center is wrirren: CIRIAE ' A . .\[ ,
FACARD ' "lATRIS, BALBI, D , D, On the one ro rhe right is ro
be read: J'[ , NaNia, BALBO, PAT, 0 ' D' 0, ,-\nd below the

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