Theater of Cyrene
Creators: Michelle Willoughby, Justin Charlton, Tom Elliott
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32.8245065556, 21.8508373829
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amphitheatre, amphitheater, theatre, theater
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The settlers of Cyrene erected the city's main theater in the Sanctuary of Apollo in the sixth century BCE. This monument is the oldest and most imposing of Cyrene's theater buildings, seating more than 1000 spectators. Construction continued in several phases throughout the Classical and Hellenistic periods. In 74 BCE Cyrene became a Roman colony, and the Greek theater was eventually reconstructed as an amphitheater in the second century CE. At this time, the stage was eliminated and the orchestra deepened to form the amphitheater's arena.
Michelle Willoughby, Justin Charlton, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker, and Adam Rabinowitz, 'Theater of Cyrene: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/534059885> [accessed: 24 April 2024]
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