... similar to that of the Greeks. However, the Romans did make a few small changes. The tones of the Roman plays were very different from the Greeks. Although there were Greek comedies written and even performed, most of the focus of Greek theatre was put on the Greek tragedies. Rome, however, was completely opposite. All of the plays performed in Roman theatre were comedies. There was only one playwright at the time who even ... wrote tragedies and much of his work was borrowed from the Greek playwrights. The Romans also changed the theatres some. In Greek theatres the orchestra, or actin...

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