Arbuscula

Arbuscula in a fictional representation from the end of the 19th century

Arbuscula was a Roman actress from the 1st century BC. Chr.

Arbuscula is mentioned in Cicero (letters to Atticus 4, 15, 6) and Horace (satires 1, 10, 76). She refused to play revealing scenes in her appearances and thus attracted the displeasure of numerous viewers, who wiped her out because of it. She is said to have replied confidently: "It is enough for me if the connoisseurs applaud.", With which she aimed at the knights who had applauded her.

This incident became proverbial. Arbuscula was invoked to explain that one did not want to please the crowd, but only a certain group.

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SURNAME	Arbuscula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	roman actress
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	1st century BC BC or 1st century