Was “celebrity culture” and famous actors/actresses a thing in Ancient Rome?

by ClassicMac739

Were actors/actresses famous in Ancient Rome? Would Ancient Romans anticipate a new show much like people today anticipate the newest Tarantino/Leonardo DiCaprio movie?

Also, if I wanted to see one of these shows, could I simply line up, or were tickets super hard to get with a scalper market any everything? Also, we’re autographs a thing???

Thanks!!!

pabstmatt

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1lio08/were_gladiators_celebrities_like_todays_movie/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

The Roman Gladiators were the celebrities of the time. The colosseum was a used for all sorts of stuff, but the most prominent was the gladiator fights.

I wish I could go more in depth on this, but I'm at work. This link however, goes in depth amazingly