Porto Venere, Italy
1st century BCE
Skradin, Croatia
1st century AD
Skopje, North Macedonia
168 BCE
Palmi, Italy
4th century BCE
Gioiosa Ionica, Italy
1st century AD
Centuripe, Italy
5th century BCE
Komotini, Greece
4th century AD
Tengen, Germany
1st century AD
Wadern, Germany
2nd century AD
Popovo, Bulgaria
308-324 AD
Silistra, Bulgaria
c. 350 AD
Belene, Bulgaria
1st century AD
Montana, Bulgaria
1st century AD
Kozloduy, Bulgaria
1st century AD
Patras, Greece
2nd century AD
Nules, Spain
1st century BCE
Sceaux-du-Gâtinais, France
1st century 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.