Bassilla (died circa 220), was a dancer, actress and singer in Ancient Rome. A memorial was made to her memory by her colleague, the actor-dancer Heracleides, at the Roman theatre of

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. She is described as a stage performer who acted both in speaking roles in theatre plays and pantomime performances, as a dancer, and as a choir singer. Her fame reached across many cities of the Empire. She was referred to as an ''archimima'', which was the title of the leading lady in a Roman theatre, and praised as a "10th

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". She was known particularly for a certain death scene. A role she is believed to have performed was the famous comedy role of the plotting wife Charition.Pat Easterling, Edith Hall:
Greek and Roman Actors: Aspects of an Ancient Profession
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