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This document provides an introduction to the study of performance in late antiquity, specifically the genres of mime and pantomime. These were immensely popular theatrical forms in the Roman Empire between the 1st-6th centuries CE, attracting audiences of thousands to theaters built throughout the Mediterranean region. However, unlike Classical Greek drama which has left written scripts, mime and pantomime centered around physical performance, gesture, and dance, leaving few direct traces for historians. T

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Jonathan

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