Zadar, Croatia
1st century AD
Orange, France
1st century AD
Córdoba, Spain
206 BCE
Lecce, Italy
2nd century AD
Naples, Italy
400-500 BCE
Turin, Italy
13 BCE
Rome, Italy
6th century BC
Istanbul, Turkey
c. 328 AD
Piazza Armerina, Italy
4th century AD
Trier, Germany
186-200 AD
Lindos, Greece
10th century BCE
Milan, Italy
300-400 AD
Sagunto, Spain
1st century AD
Mérida, Spain
25 BCE
Mérida, Spain
1st century AD
Rome, Italy
212-127 AD
Cádiz, Spain
1st century BCE
Cartagena, Spain
5 BCE
Pula, Croatia
27 BC - 68 AD
Capaccio Paestum, Italy
550-450 BCE
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.