Rome, Italy
3rd century AD
Città Metropolitana di Roma, Italy
335 BC
Santiponce, Spain
117-138 AD
Rome, Italy
270-273
Thessaloniki, Greece
298-306 AD
Córdoba, Spain
c. 50 AD
Mérida, Spain
1st century AD
Tivoli, Italy
c. 128 AD
Seville, Spain
68-65 BCE
Nice, France
0-100 AD
Astorga, Spain
3rd century AD
Turin, Italy
1st century AD
Catania, Italy
2nd century AD
Le Mans, France
300 AD
Milan, Italy
c. 291 AD
Rome, Italy
38 AD
Paris, France
0-100 AD
Catania, Italy
1st century AD
Caesarea, Israel
4th century BCE
Torre Annunziata, Italy
100-0 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.