GCSE Roman Civilisation: Pompeian Inscriptions concerning Entertainment and Leisure

Two of the inscriptions from Pompeii that we will need to study are:

(1) CIL IV 1189

A(uli) Suetti Certi 
aedilis familia gladiatoria pugnab(it) Pompeis 
pr(idie) Kalendas Iunias venatio et vela erunt.

(2) CIL X (a) 833 and (b) 834 [3/2 BCE]
(a) MM(arci) Holconii Rufus et Celer cryptam tribunalia thea[trum] s(ua) p(ecunia).

(b) MM(arci) Holco[nii] Rufus et Celer [cryp]tam tribunalia theatrum s(ua) p(ecunia).

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