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Roman theater

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Mar 27, 2025 03:54 PM — History

The theater at Thugga dates to 168 or 169 and could accommodate 3500 spectators.

500 km

Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/37204582

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.4235225, 9.2205304

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Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of Roman theater (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Roman theater makes connections with:

Roman theater located at Thugga/Tokai? (unspecified date range)

Roman theater receives connections from:

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Place type:
theatre, theater

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Roman theater: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/37204582> [accessed: 01 April 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/37204582 |title=Places: 37204582 (Roman theater) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 1, 2025 2:35 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Roman theater