concept
Atellan plays
also: Atellanis, exodia
Improvised verse farces taken over from the Oscans of Atella, kept by freeborn youth as their own and not left to professional actors, so their performers kept tribe and military standing.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 7 §2 exodia
Improvised after-pieces, joined chiefly with the Atellan farces taken from the Oscans and kept by freeborn youth.