Alicante, Spain
3rd century BCE
Bonnieux, France
3 BCE
Mérida, Spain
c. 20 BCE
Alcántara, Spain
103 AD
Pedrosa de la Vega, Spain
350-400 AD
Pumsaint, United Kingdom
c. 74 AD
Xanten, Germany
98 AD
Nin, Croatia
1st century AD
Vienne, France
0-300 AD
Napoli, Italy
37 BCE
Ibiza, Spain
6th century AD
Naples, Italy
19 BCE
Bordeaux, France
2nd century AD
Górtyn, Greece
3200 BC
Torrox, Spain
2nd century BCE
Saintes, France
40-50 AD
Durrës, Albania
0-100 AD
Alange, Spain
2nd century AD
Tarifa, Spain
Roman
Capri, Italy
27 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.