Africanus Rex
An immersive historical drama in which the audience sits as the Roman senate, hearing petitions from three African-born contenders for the throne of Caesar during the Year of the Five Emperors. AI summary of the listing
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Africanus Rex is a powerful immersive historical drama set during one of the most turbulent periods in Roman history—the Year of the Five Emperors (AD 193) . In which, you the audience, become the senate for the night and hear the petitions of the three men vying for the title of Caesar. Who would you elect? And who did history decree would be emperor? Following the assassination of the tyrannical Emperor Commodus…
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