tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10659275.post114560703152103990..comments2023-11-04T01:41:23.277+00:00Comments on Memorabilia Antonina: Fighting the blurring of terminologyTony Keenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07125792825206480340noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10659275.post-1147380417272776822006-05-11T21:46:00.000+01:002006-05-11T21:46:00.000+01:00I have a handout I give to my students which caref...I have a handout I give to my students which carefully points out the proper applications of the terms 'theatre', 'amphitheatre', 'colosseum', 'coliseum' (only for the ENO's home and the like), 'arena', 'odeon', 'circus', 'stadium' and 'hippodrome'. And I always take every opportunity to point out that, though we focus on the exotic barbarism of the amphitheatre, the big crowd-puller in Rome was the Circus.Tony Keenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07125792825206480340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10659275.post-1147378633241521432006-05-11T21:17:00.000+01:002006-05-11T21:17:00.000+01:00This is only from memory, but... As I remember it ...This is only from memory, but... As I remember it the Penguin Classic translation of Gregory of Tours's <I>History of the Franks</I>, by Lewis Thorpe, says that King Chilperic (Chilperic! I like that name) spent one summer in the late 570s or early 580s restoring theatres in Soissons and Paris and organising games. NO! The Latin says that he was restoring circuses and organising races. You can bring "circus" into this mess, if you wish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com