Laughing at domestica facta: identity construction in mid-Republican Rome through the lens of the togata

Preview   Giuseppe Rallo’s book is two things: an extensively documented study of the remains of the Roman dramatic genre called fabula togata, “comedy in Roman dress”, and a contribution to the far-flung debate on early Latin literature and the shaping of Roman identities during the Middle Republic. This debate has resulted in several book-length … Continue reading Laughing at domestica facta: identity construction in mid-Republican Rome through the lens of the togata