The Ancient Theatre Archive

The Theatre Architecture of Greece and Rome

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Cales (modern Calvi Ristora)

Country
Mainland Italy
Theatre Type
Roman Theatre
GPS Coordinates
41.19994, 14.13219
Earliest Date

100 BCE

Seating Capacity
4,000 - 4,500
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 75 meters / Orchestra Width: 27 meters

Catana/Katane (modern Catania, Sicily, Italy)

Country
Sicily, Italy
Theatre Type
Roman Theatre
GPS Coordinates
37.50289, 15.08362
Earliest Date

Greek:400 BCE, Roman: 1st C. CE.

Seating Capacity
7,500
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 82 meters / Orchestra Width: 24 meters

Corinth Odeum (modern Corinth, Greece)

Country
Greece
Theatre Type
Odeum
GPS Coordinates
37.90608, 22.87733
Earliest Date

1st century CE

Seating Capacity
3,000
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 63 meters / Orchestra Width: 17 meters

Corinth Theatre (modern Corinth, Greece)

Country
Greece
Theatre Type
Greek / Roman Theatre
GPS Coordinates
37.90687, 22.87696
Earliest Date

400 BCE

Seating Capacity
18,000
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 121 meters / Orchestra Width: 27 meters

Delos (Modern Delos Island, Greece)

Country
Greece
Theatre Type
Greek Theatre
GPS Coordinates
37.39727, 25.26819
Earliest Date

305-269 BCE

Seating Capacity
6,500
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 65 meters / Orchestra Width: 21 meters

Delphi (modern Delphi, Greece)

Country
Greece
Theatre Type
Greek / Roman Theatre
GPS Coordinates
38.48246, 22.50053
Earliest Date

4th Century BCE

Seating Capacity
5,000
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 52 meters / Orchestra Width: 18 meters

Elis Theatre (modern Archeas Ilidos, Greece)

Country
Greece
Theatre Type
Greek Theatre
GPS Coordinates
37.89324, 21.37598
Earliest Date

400 – 350 BCE

Seating Capacity
8,000
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 100 meters / Orchestra Width: 16 meters

Ephesus (modern Selçuk , Turkey)

Country
Turkey
Theatre Type
Greek / Roman Theatre
GPS Coordinates
37.94106, 27.34269
Earliest Date

200 BCE

Seating Capacity
17,200 - 21,500
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 142 meters / Orchestra Width: 26 meters

Hieropolis (modern Pamukkale, Turkey)

Country
Turkey
Theatre Type
Greek / Roman Theatre
GPS Coordinates
37.9273, 29.12943
Earliest Date

60 C.E.

Seating Capacity
10,050 - 12,550
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 103 meters / Orchestra Width: 22 meters

Laodicea ad Lycum, North Theatre (near modern Denizli, Turkey)

Country
Turkey
Theatre Type
Roman Theatre
GPS Coordinates
37.83793, 29.11111
Earliest Date

117 – 138 CE

Seating Capacity
10,000 - 12,000
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 122 meters / Orchestra Width: 36 meters

Laodicea ad Lycum, West Theatre (near modern Denizli, Turkey)

Country
Turkey
Theatre Type
Roman Theatre
GPS Coordinates
37.83879, 29.10772
Earliest Date

261-253 BCE.

Seating Capacity
8,000 - 10,000
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 100 meters / Orchestra Width: 24 meters

Magnesia ad Meandrum (HellenisticTheatre near modern Tekin, Turkey)

Country
Turkey
Theatre Type
Greek / Roman Theatre
GPS Coordinates
37.8503, 27.52569
Earliest Date

160 BCE

Seating Capacity
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 76 meters / Orchestra Width: 23 meters

Magnesia ad Meandrum (Unfinished Roman Theatre) near modern Tekin, TurkeyM

Country
Turkey
Theatre Type
Roman Theatre
GPS Coordinates
37.84779, 27.52464
Earliest Date

100 CE

Seating Capacity
4,000 - 4,695
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 65 meters / Orchestra Width: 21 meters

Marcellus Theatre (Rome, Italy)

Country
Mainland Italy
Theatre Type
Roman Theatre
GPS Coordinates
41.89178, 12.48
Earliest Date

13 BCE

Seating Capacity
11,000 - 20,000
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 130 meters / Orchestra Width: 37 meters

Miletus Theatre, near Modern Balat, Turkey

Country
Turkey
Theatre Type
Greek / Roman Theatre
GPS Coordinates
37.53094, 27.2764
Earliest Date

Greek: 300 BCE, Roman: 133 BCE

Seating Capacity
15,000
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 136 meters / Orchestra Width: 27 meters

Minturnae (modern Minturno, Italy)

Country
Mainland Italy
Theatre Type
Roman Theatre
GPS Coordinates
41.24248028989917, 13.768470974560977
Earliest Date

(27 BCE – 14 CE).

Seating Capacity
4,600
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 75 meters / Orchestra Width: 24 meters

Nysa (modern Sultanhisar, Turkey)

Country
Turkey
Theatre Type
Roman Theatre
GPS Coordinates
37.70706, 28.72513
Earliest Date

Early Roman Imperial Period (27 BCE)

Seating Capacity
12,000 - 12,000
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 115 meters / Orchestra Width: 25 meters

Panionium, Modern Güselçamlı, Turkey

Country
Turkey
Theatre Type
Greek Theatre
GPS Coordinates
37.71272, 27.23472
Earliest Date

ca. 4th / early 3rd cent. BCE.

Seating Capacity
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 29 meters / Orchestra Width: 19 meters

Pergamum (modern Bergama)

Country
Turkey
Theatre Type
Greek Theatre
GPS Coordinates
39.13193, 27.18375
Earliest Date

Last quarter of the 3rd century BCE. Roman alterations in 2nd century BCE.

Seating Capacity
10,000
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 80 meters / Orchestra Width: 21 meters

Pietrabbondante (Region IV, Italy)

Country
Mainland Italy
Theatre Type
Roman Theatre
GPS Coordinates
41.73941, 14.38703
Earliest Date

150 BCE

Seating Capacity
1,000
Dimensions

Cavea Width: 54 meters / Orchestra Width: 11 meters

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Last Update: 09-22-2023

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