The Roman Villa of Paturro is an archaeological site of a large Roman villa located in the mining Sierra de Cartagena-La Unión , in the vicinity of the town of Portmán. The excavations since 1969 have revealed the existence, in terraced sectors, of two well differentiated parts: One part, decorated with great luxury of materials, is dedicated to housing and another part dedicated to industrial exploitation.
The town of Paturro shows two different levels of occupation. A first level from the republican era in which the town would be linked to the exploitation of silver, lead and other metals from the Carthago Nova mines. A second level dates from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD in which the town appears associated with exploitations of garum (salted fish). The villa was abandoned in the 3rd century.
Among all the remains found, a large polychrome mosaic stands out (the largest in the Region of Murcia) that shows the figures of a deity and a peacock . Also noteworthy is the white marble head of a satyr. Numerous remains of parietal painting and coatings and architectural elements of marble of different types have also been found.
The large polychrome mosaic, with some other fragments from the excavations, is deposited in the Archaeological Museum of La Unión located in the hamlet of Portmán, while the rest of the materials are distributed between the archaeological museums of Cartagena and Murcia.
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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.