The Ancient Theatre Archive is a non-profit project originating from Whitman College, USA. Its research and publication are partially funded through grants from Whitman College, the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, the Benson Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Thomas Hines, Professor Emeritus, Whitman College.
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Acinipo (Ronda la Vieja, Málaga, Spain)
59 – 53 BCE (Sear 260)
Cavea Width: 62 meters / Orchestra Width: 18 meters
Aegeira (modern Egira, Greece)
280-250 BCE
Cavea Width: 46 meters / Orchestra Width: 12 meters
Akragas / Agrigentum (modern Agrigento, Sicily, Italy)
300 BCE
Cavea Width: 95 meters / Orchestra Width: 0 meters
Akrai (modern Palazzolo Acreide Sicily, Italy)
300 BCE
Cavea Width: 1,200 meters / Orchestra Width: 19 meters
Alabanda
Hellenistic (c. 250-150 BCE); Roman (c. 100-200 CE)
Cavea Width: 78 meters / Orchestra Width: 21 meters
Alexandria (modern Alexandria, Egypt)
193-235 CE
Cavea Width: 33 meters / Orchestra Width: 6 meters
Alinda Theatre (modern Karpuzlu, Turkey)
3rd or 2nd century BCE
Cavea Width: 70 meters / Orchestra Width: 18 meters
Antiphellos (modern Kaş, Turkey)
ca. 2nd cent. BCE
Cavea Width: 50 meters / Orchestra Width: 11 meters
Aphrodisias (modern Geyre, Turkey)
ca. 30-27 BCE
Cavea Width: 86 meters / Orchestra Width: 26 meters
Arausio (modern Orange, France)
Built in late Augustan. Restored in the second century CE. (source: Sear).
Cavea Width: 104 meters / Orchestra Width: 27 meters
Arelate (modern Arles, France)
Augustan, 30–20 BCE
Cavea Width: 102 meters / Orchestra Width: 31 meters
Argos (modern Argos, Greece)
ca. late 4th cent. BCE
Cavea Width: 77 meters / Orchestra Width: 26 meters
Argos Odeum (modern Argos, Greece)
2nd century CE
Cavea Width: 41 meters / Orchestra Width: 12 meters
Arycanda or Arykanda (near modern Aykiriçay, Turkey)
50 BCE; scene building altered in Imperial period
Cavea Width: 51 meters / Orchestra Width: 17 meters
Aspendus Theatre (modern Belkiz, Turkey).
ca. 161-169 CE (FS)
Cavea Width: 95 meters / Orchestra Width: 24 meters
Assus, Assos (modern Behramköy, Turkey)
ca. 200 BCE.
Cavea Width: 71 meters / Orchestra Width: 21 meters
Athens, The Theatre of Dionysus (Dionysos)
498 BCE
Cavea Width: 82 meters / Orchestra Width: 25 meters
Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida, Spain)
15 / 16 BCE
Cavea Width: 87 meters / Orchestra Width: 26 meters
Augustodunum (modern Autun, France)
Late 1st century CE. Vespasian (69 to 79 CE).
Cavea Width: 148 meters / Orchestra Width: 50 meters
Baelo Claudia (modern Tarifa, Spain)
Claudian period (41-54 CE)
Cavea Width: 70 meters / Orchestra Width: 20 meters
Last Update: 07-06-2025