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So-called Theatre 3

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Valeria Vitale

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Oct 26, 2020 12:11 AM — History

tags: Theater, extant remains

A Roman theatre on the acropolis ridge of Cyrene, conventionally numbered "3".

500 km

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/248782117

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.8176697509, 21.8579936477

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of the so-called Theatre 3 (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Teatro 3 (Italian, modern)
- Theatre 3 (English, modern)

So-called Theatre 3 makes connections with:

So-called Theatre 3 connection Cyrene (unspecified date range)

So-called Theatre 3 receives connections from:

None

Place type:
theatre, theater

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Roman theatre with a semicircular orchestra. It is almost identical in size and plan to Theatre 2, and it is possible that it was built after the latter was destroyed in the earthquake of AD 262.

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Suggested citation:
Valeria Vitale, and Jeffrey Becker, 'So-called Theatre 3: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/248782117> [accessed: 05 March 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/248782117 |title=Places: 248782117 (So-called Theatre 3) |author=Vitale, V. |accessdate=March 5, 2025 11:30 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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