page_title: Recitationes
hierarchical_section_title: Recitationes
context_page_description: Recitationes were a literary practice of ancient Rome that involved one or more public readings of a text. Some of these occurred in public places, and even in the Roman Forum.
context_section_description: Recitationes were a literary practice of ancient Rome that involved one or more public readings (recitatio, pl recitationes) of a text. Some of these occurred in public places (theaters and baths), and even in the Roman Forum.
caption: Recitation of a Roman woman, painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
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