Pompey's Theater remains in Largo di Torre Argentina.

Pompey's Theater (Italian: Teatro di Pompeo), in Rome, was build around 55 BC, and was once the world's largest theater. It was also the first permanent (non-wooded) theatre in Rome. Pompey financed this theatre to gain political popularity. The theater was crowned with a temple to Venus Victrix, Pompey's personal deity (compared to Julius Caesar's worship of Venus Genetrix as his personal deity). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 309 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 309 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Jump to: navigation, search City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC - 50s BC - 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC Years: 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC 52... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed... Jump to: navigation, search Pompey the Great Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Latin: CN·POMPEIVS·CN·F·SEX·N·MAGNVS¹) (September 29, 106 BC – September 29, 48 BC), commonly referred to in English as either Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a distinguished and ambitious Roman military leader, provincial administrator and politician...

Julius Caesar was killed in the large portico attached to Pompey's theater on the Ides of March, 44 B.C. Jump to: navigation, search Painting of Gaius Julius Caesar Bust of Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (Classical Latin: IMP·C·IVLIVS·CAESAR·DIVVS¹) (b. ... Categories: Architectural elements | Stub ...

The remains of the east side of the Portico attached to Pompey's theatre can be seen on the Largo di Torre Argentina. The remains of the theater itself can be found off the Via di Grotta Pinta underground; vaults from the original theater can be found in the cellar rooms of restaurants off this street. Largo di Torre Argentina, Temple A (to Juturna), with part of Temple B on the left. ...

External References

• Theatrum Pompei at LacusCurtius (article in Platner's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome)
• theaterofpompey.com
• Roma Online Guide