Ascea, Italy
538-535 BCE
Aquileia, Italy
181 BC
Pozzuoli, Italy
2nd century AD
Rapallo, Italy
3rd century BCE
Kempten (Allgäu), Germany
1st century AD
Aosta, Italy
25 BC
Benevento, Italy
2nd century AD
Pont-Saint-Martin, Italy
c. 25 BC
Bacoli, Italy
8th century BCE
Lugo, Spain
1st century AD
Fontvieille, France
2nd century AD
Bohonal de Ibor, Spain
2nd century AD
Patras, Greece
160 AD
Bavay, France
16-13 BCE
Las Médulas, Spain
0-100 AD
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
0-100 AD
Fréjus, France
0-100 AD
Ourense, Spain
c. 75 AD
Córdoba, Spain
3rd century AD
Welzheim, Germany
160 AD
The ancient Argos Theater was built in 320 BC. and is located in Argos, Greece against Larissa Hill. Nearby from this site is Agora, Roman Odeon, and the Baths of Argos. The theater is one of the largest architectural developments in Greece and was renovated in ca 120 AD.
The Hellenistic theater at Argos is cut into the hillside of the Larisa, with 90 steps up a steep incline, forming a narrow rectilinear cavea. Among the largest theaters in Greece, it held about 20,000 spectators and is divided by two landings into three horizontal sections. Staircases further divide the cavea into four cunei, corresponding to the tribes of Argos A high wall was erected to prevent unauthorized access into the theatron and may have helped the acoustics, but it is said the sound quality is still very good today.
Around 120 CE, both theaters were renovated in the Roman style.