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The Roman Theatre, Clio History Journal, 2009. Roman Theater, Roman Colosseum, 2008. Classical Drama and Theatre, Mark Damen, Utah State University; What the Roman Play Was Like, A Short History of the Drama, Martha Fletcher Bellinger; Rhyme, Women, and Song: Getting in Tune with Plautus, Anne H. Groton, Olaf College
Inside Rome, few theatres have survived the centuries following their construction, providing little evidence about the specific theatres. The Roman Theatre of Orange in modern Orange, France, is a good example of a classic Roman theatre, with an indented scaenae frons, reminiscent of why Western Roman theatre designs, however, stripped of its ...
List Name City (Roman name) City (modern name) Country Coordinates Diameter of the cavea Notes References Photographs Theatre at Apollonia Apollonia
Roman theatre in Benevento, Italy Actor dressed as a king and two muses. Fresco from Herculaneum, 30-40 AD. Western theatre developed and expanded considerably under the Romans. The Roman historian Livy wrote that the Romans first experienced theatre in the 4th century BC, with a performance by Etruscan actors. [20]
Roman theatre: Width: 96 metres (315 ft) History; Builder: Zenon: Founded: 161 a.D - 180 a.D: ... The Roman theater of Aspendos is a Roman theater in the ancient city ...
The Theatre of Pompey (Latin: Theatrum Pompeii, Italian: Teatro di Pompeo), also known by other names, was a structure in Ancient Rome built during the latter part of the Roman Republican era by Pompey the Great.
It derives its basic exterior and interior architecture from that of two theatres back to back. It is elliptical in plan and is 189 meters (615 ft / 640 Roman feet) long, and 156 meters (510 ft / 528 Roman feet) wide, with a base area of 24,000 square metres (6 acres). The height of the outer wall is 48 meters (157 ft / 165 Roman feet).
The Roman Theatre of Cartagena is a Roman theatre in the Roman colonia of Cartago Nova—present-day Cartagena, Spain.Built between the years 5 and 1 BCE, it had a capacity of some 6,000 spectators and was used for Roman theatrical performances during ancient Rome.