Galeria Copiola

Galeria Copiola (96 BC – AD 9 or after) was an ancient Roman dancer (emboliaria) and actress whom Pliny includes in a list of notable female nonagenarians and centenarians in his Natural History.^[1] Because of Pliny's notice, Galeria is one of the few performing artists in classical antiquity whose career milestones can be precisely dated.^[2]

^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History 7.158 (= 49 in the Bostock translation); Tim G. Parkin and Arthur J. Pomeroy, Roman Social History: A Sourcebook (Routledge, 2007), p. 56.
^ John H. Starks, Jr., "Pantomime Actresses in Latin Inscriptions," in New Directions in Ancient Pantomime (Oxford University Press, 2008), p. 123.

[1] Pliny the Elder, Natural History 7.158 (= 49 in the Bostock translation); Tim G. Parkin and Arthur J. Pomeroy, Roman Social History: A Sourcebook (Routledge, 2007), p. 56.

[2] John H. Starks, Jr., "Pantomime Actresses in Latin Inscriptions," in New Directions in Ancient Pantomime (Oxford University Press, 2008), p. 123.

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