Olden day entertainment

Answer 1

They normally read to each other, or work around the house. Kids may play games like hop scotch or board games.

.The Roman Theatre

The Roman Theatre its origin and ideas of what you could do of activities and watch came from:

-Greeks

1)The Greeks started making colonies in the south of Italy some time ago before Rome was created. They influenced Rome in many different ways, including the design and activities of an theatre. So Rome took most of the ideas we know of a theatre from the Greeks, it can be told that the theaters of the Romans aren't original. But they are still very well constructed with beautiful art. The theatre games where also taken over from the Greeks, even the rules of how to play the games were similar to those in Greece.

-Etruscans

2)The Etruscans where already a well growing empire when Rome was growing in power. They are well know for there insight in making architecture art, music and literature. There architectural style was completely different then the style of the Greeks. The Etruscans were stronger then the Greeks at that time in Italy and so had many battles with Rome. Because of that many Etruscan ideals made there way into Rome itself. The Etruscans brought horse racing and popular civic activities to the Roman theatre.

-Oscans

3)The Ocans brought a comedy called Atettelan Farce to the theatre. There where 4 characters: (Maccus a boastful buffoon, a fool) - (Bucco a fool and stupid guzzler) - (Pappus a foolish old man) - (Dassenus a huchback, wise fool) and finally (Mandacus a monster with big jaws) Aldo there where typically four characters, it could be that the Romans added the last character Mandacus. These stock characters where the idea for the typical Roman play's stock character.

1.1 The Design and layout of a Roman Theatre

A Roman theatre existed of a backstage area, seating places where the audience could sit on and view the games, and an orchastra. It took a long time in Roman history before they reached the stage we know of today. The first theaters that appeared existed simple of wood, the layout of the stage was the same as in later stone stages. There where 3 doors each opening to the brother, temple, and hero's house. The stage structure itself was inclosed by wings at each side and the scene house had a roof.

The large stone theatres that appeared in the late Republic seated tens of thousands of Romans. Most plays were comedies and a few tragedies, but with tragedies there would be only one door "the temple".