For the general history of the pantomimus see Friedländer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal] Reference

Nothing more variable than voices, yet men can likewise discern them personally: nay, you shall have a buffon or pantomimus will express as many as he pleaseth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Advancement of Learning] Reference

The pantomimus aspired to render the emotions of terror or love more speakingly by gesture than it was possible to do by speech; and ancient critics, while deploring, seem to have admitted this claim.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius] Reference

They have been influenced by the pantomimus and the dramatic recitation so fashionable in their day, inasmuch as they lack connexion, and, though containing effective episodes, are of far too loose a texture to be effective drama.    From Wordnik.com.  [Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal] Reference