Fabia Arete was a dancer, actress and singer in

Ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC ...

. She was a freedwoman, which was a common background for a stage performer. She is referred to as an ''archimima'', which was the title for the leading lady actress of a Roman theatre, and as a ''diurna'', signifying that she toured as a guest actress in different theatres and theatre companies, demonstrating that she enjoyed fame and popularity. She is described as a famed actress and likely belonged to the elite minority of Roman actresses employed to perform speeking roles in a period when female stage artists were normally engaged only to dance or sing in the choir, and she became wealthy enough to afford a grand funeral monument for herself and her spouse. 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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{{reflist Ancient actresses Ancient Roman actors Ancient Roman theatre practitioners Ancient Roman dancers Ancient singers Ancient Roman slaves and freedmen