Excerpt from A Brief History of Roman Literature for Schools and Colleges The national popular comedy. Satura and Atellana Chief representatives Novius L. Pomponius Popular character of comedy The Hellenistic Drama. The Roman Theatre. Unpopularity of the actor's profession. Classes appealed to by the drama. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.