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This paper deals with the controversial inclusion of Lope de Vega's Roma abrasada in the genre of tragedy. Paying attention to the context of the first play which Lope himself referred to as a “tragedy", Roma abrasada is set against the tradition of the late 16th century tragedy in order to study how it follows it and how –maybe due to the new perspective of the comedia nueva– it deviates from it, opening (although quite imperfectly) the way for what would eventually become the “tragedia española". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]