List of ancient theaters

The list of ancient theater buildings covers as completely as possible the preserved theater buildings of the Greco-Roman antiquity as well as those only mentioned in sources. Excluded from this list are the so-called small theaters, i.e. H. the Odeia , and the amphitheater . A list of the Odeia can be found here .

Alphabetical index

Clicking on the respective place name (link) in the alphabetical list takes you to the corresponding entry in the topographic list.

Ancient place names

• A: Aigai (Aeolis) , Aigai (Macedonia) , Aigeira , Aixone , Aizanoi , Alabanda , Alexandria on the Oxus , Alinda , Amphiareion , Anazarbos , Antioch in Pisidia , Antiphellos , Apamea , Apamea Kibotos , Aphrodisias , Apollonia Pontica , Aptera , Arausio , Arelate , Argos , Arykanda , Aspendos , Assos , Athens , Augusta Raurica , Augusta Treverorum , Aventicum
• B: Babylon , Buthroton , Byblos , Byllis
• C: Caesarea Maritima , Chania , Clunia , Colonia Caesaraugusta
• D: Delphi , Diokaisareia , Dodona
• E: Elaiussa Sebaste , Elateia (Phokis) , Elis , Emerita Augusta , Ephesus , Epidauros , Eukratidia
• F: Faesulae , Falerii
• G: Gadara , Gerasa , Gjirokastra , Glanum , Gortys , Gythio
• H: Halicarnassus , Herakleia on Latmos , Herculaneum , Hierapolis , Hierapolis Kastabala
• I: Iasos (Caria) , Iaitas , Italica
• K: Carthage , Kaunos , Kassope , Kibyra , Corinth , Kourion , Kremna
• L: Leptis Magna , Letoon , Limyra , Lindos , Lisos (Crete) , Locri , Lopodunum , Luna , Lychnidos
• M: Magnesia on the meander , Mantineia , Maroneia , Megalopoli , Messene , Metropolis in Ionia , Milet , Mogontiacum , Myra (Lycia) , Mytilini
• N: Narona , Neapolis , Nicopolis ad Istrum , Nida , Nikaia , Nysa am Meander
• O: Olba , Orchomenos (Arcadia) , Oricum , Oropos
• P: Palea Epidavros , Patara , Pergamon , Perge , Petra , Phaselis , Philadelphia , Philippopolis , Piraeus , Pollentia , Pompeiopolis (Paphlagonia) , Pompeii , Priene , Ptolemais (Cyrenaica)
• R: Rome
• S: Sabratha , Sagalassos , Saguntum , Salamis (Cyprus) , Samothraki , Segesta , Selge (Pisidia) , Side (Pamphylia) , Sikyon , Soloi (Cilicia) , Solunto , Sparta , Stratos (Etolia-Acarnania) , Syracuse
• T: Tarraco , Tauromenion , Telmessos , Teos , Termessos , Thasos , Thera , Thorikos , Thugga , Tiberias , Tindari , Tipasa , Tlos
• V: Vergina , Verona , Vienne , Villa Adriana

Topographical list

Greece

Mainland

Athens

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Athens	Athens		See the main article Dionysus Theater		The Dionysus Theater Historical reconstruction of the Dionysostheater in Roman times Seats of honor in the Dionysus Theater

Attica

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Aixone Αἰξωνή, Attica	Voula Βούλα, Attica
Amphiareion of Oropos					View to SW over the altar, theater district, holy spring and temple Proscenium of the theater
Piraeus
Thoricus			The theater in Thorikos has a rectangular floor plan.		The theater in Thorikos
	Oropos (Attica)

Phocis

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Delphi					The theater in Delphi
Elateia (Phocis) Ἐλάτεια

Aitolia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Stratos (Aetolia-Acarnania)					The theater in Stratos

Epeiros

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Dodona	Dodona				The theater in Dodona: general view, 2005 The theater in Dodona: first phase of expansion The theater in Dodona: second expansion phase after 219 BC Chr. The theater in Dodona: view of the rows of seats, April 2008 The theater in Dodona: view of the western retaining wall, April 2008
Kassope					The ruins of Kassope with the theater in the background
Buthroton Βουθρωτόν	Butrint				The theater of Buthroton The theater of Buthroton: View from the Venetian castle over the theater and the Vivar Canal to the south
Byllis Βύλλις	Ballsh	3rd century BC Chr.	offered space for 7,500 spectators	Discovered between 1917 and 1918	The theater of Byllis
Apollonia Ἀπολλωνία	Fier	Hellenistic construction	a Roman expansion was canceled
Oricum Ὤρικος	place of the same name	2nd century BC BC, renewal by the Romans in the 1st century AD
Phoinike Φοινίκη	Finiq	Roman period (from the 2nd century BC)	Cavea leans against a natural slope, exposed but in poor condition	was discovered in 2006	Phoinike's theater
Nikaia Νίκαια	Toilets at Elbasan	before the 3rd century BC Chr.
Hadrianopolis Αδριανούπολη	Sofratika		free-standing roman building		Hadrianopolis Theater

Macedonia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Dion	Dion		See the main article, Hellenistic Theater Dion		The Hellenistic Theater of Dion
	Vergina
Lychnidos	Ohrid				Lychnidos Theater

Thrace

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Chestnut					The ancient theater of Maroneia
Nicopolis ad Istrum

Corinthis

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Corinth					The Corinth Theater
Sicyon					The theater of Sicyon

Argolis

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Argos (city)					The theater of Argos Argos Theater: View of the city from the upper tiers
Epidaurus		4th century BC BC (~ 330 BC), is considered the work of Polyklets the Younger from Argos		is recorded	The theater of Epidaurus The Theater of Epidaurus: View of the Orchestra The theater of Epidaurus: view of the tiers
	Palea Epidavros , Epidavros municipality	4th century BC Chr.	See the main article Small Theater of Palea Epidavros		Small theater of Palea Epidavros Auditorium of the Small Theater of Palea Epidavros

Achaia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Aigeira Αἴγειρα	Egira Αιγείρα				The Aigeira theater

Elis

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Elis Ἦλις in the landscape of the same name	Amaliada Prefecture of Elis

Arcadia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Mantineia (city)		4th century BC Chr.			The Mantineia theater The theater of Mantineia: a retaining wall
	Orchomenos (Arcadia)				Orchomenos theater
Megalopoli

Lakonia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Gythio					The Roman theater of Gythion
Sparta

Messinía

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Messene	Messini	3rd or 4th century BC Chr.	exposed, lower tier rebuilt		The Messene Theater

Islands

Thasos

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Thasos	Thasos	End of the 4th to the first quarter of the 3rd century BC Chr.

Samothrace

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Samothrace

Lesbos

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Mytilene	Mytilene	Hellenistic theater from the 3rd century BC BC (~ 330 BC), rebuilt in late Roman times

Thera (Santorini)

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
	Ancient Thera Santorini	2nd century	Built into the slope below the main road, with around 1,500 seats, it goes beyond the needs of the city itself	Excavations from 1895 to 1904 by Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen , from 1990 to 1994 by Wolfram Hoepfner , Free University of Berlin

Rhodes

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Lindos			currently not open to the public

Crete

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Gortyn
Aptera		from Roman times
	Chania
Lisos (Crete)

Cyprus

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Kourion		1st to 2nd century AD			The theater in Kourion: panoramic view
Salamis (Cyprus)					The theater in Salamis (Cyprus): view from the south The theater in Salamis (Cyprus): Located in the northern area of ​​Salamis

Black Sea coast

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Ἀπολλωνία Ποντική , Latin Apollonia Pontica	Soosopol

Asia Minor

Aeolis

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Aigai (Aeolis) Αἰγαί Aeolia	Nemrutkale or Nemrut Kalesi on the ridge Gün Dağı the village Köseler in the district of Manisa , Manisa Province , Turkey , about 35 km south of Pergamon / Bergama , 20 km east of Aliaga	probably Hellenistic period	partially exposed, not yet excavated	Excavations since 2004 under the direction of Ersin Doğer , Aegean University , Izmir

Ionia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Ephesus	Selçuk district Selçuk , province of İzmir	First construction 3rd century BC ( Lysimachos ) under Claudius and Trajan (1st to 2nd century AD) rebuilt.	Partly restored, there are regular performances.	Partially excavated second half of the 19th century by John Turtle Wood on behalf of the British Museum , later uncovered and restored by the OeAI .	The theater of Ephesus The Theater of Ephesus: View of the Hafenstrasse
Metropolis in Ionia	Yeniköy, Torbalı County, İzmir Province	3rd century BC Chr.	exposed	Excavations of the city and the theater since 1989 by Recep Meriç from the Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Izmir	The Metropolis Theater in Ionia
Miletus	Balat, Didim County, Aydın Province	at 100 under Trajan	partially restored	Early 19th century. By Theodor Wiegand exposed since 1997 restoration by Berthold F. Weber from the University of Bochum	Theater of Miletus
Priene	Güllübahçe, Söke County, Aydın Province	3rd century BC Built in the Greek type, 2nd century BC. Rebuilt by the Romans	well preserved	Uncovered in the course of Carl Humann's excavations at the end of the 19th century	The theater of Priene: in the background the Acropolis rock
Teos	Sığacık, Seferihisar County, İzmir Province	2nd century BC Rebuilt in the Hellenistic style in Roman times	Ruin, not excavated	not excavated	The theater of Teos

Asia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Assos	Behramkale, Ayvaçık County , Canakkale Province	late Hellenistic period, probably on a previous building	exposed, restored, partially reconstructed	Uncovered and reconstructed during the Turkish excavations (since 1981) by Ümit Serdaroğlu and his successor Nurettin Arslan at the beginning of the 21st century	The theater of Assos: view of the sea and the island of Lesbos in the background

Bithynia and Pontus

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Nikaia Νίκαια, Latin Nicaea	İznik , Bursa Province	2nd century AD	Ruin, excavated; restored by Pliny , but again derelict	Excavations since 1980 under Bedri Yalman, director of the Bursa Culture and Tourism Institute, small finds in the İznik Museum	The theater of Nikaia
Pompeiopolis (Paphlagonia), Greek Πομπηιόπολις	Tasköprü , Kastamonu Province	Imperial times	Partly excavated.	Excavations since 2006 by the LMU Munich and the Archaeological Museum of Kastamonu

Mysia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Pergamon	Bergama , İzmir Province		See the main article Theater of Pergamon		The Pergamon Theater

Phrygia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Aizanoi	Çavdarhisar , Çavdarhisar County, Kütahya Province	Start of construction 160 AD. Construction duration of the stadium-theater complex until the middle of the 3rd century according to the inscription at the stadium entrance with significant involvement of M. Apuleius Eurykles	Ruin, explored, not excavated	Excavations by the DAI in 1926 and, since 1970 under Rudolf Naumann, investigations of the stadium-theater complex 1982–1990	Aizanoi theater, the stage wall is also the back wall of the stadium
Apamea Kibotos	Dinar , Dinar County, Afyonkarahisar Province	Late Hellenistic	The foundation walls of the Skenen building and Analemma walls exposed	More recent research by the Technical University of Munich in cooperation with the Archaeological Museum of Afyonkarahisar
Hierapolis	Pamukkale , district Denizli Province Denizli	Built in the 2nd century AD under Hadrian , renewed under Septimius Severus (r. 193–211) and again in 343	restored	First city excavations at the end of the 19th century by the Carl Humann Theater exposed and restored since 1970 by Italian excavators, Skene and Orchestra exposed in 1996, restoration of the cavea at the beginning of the 21st century under Daria de Bernardi Ferrero	The Hierapolis Theater: View of the Hierapolis excavation site
Kibyra	Gölhisar , Gölhisar County, Burdur Province		Ruin, not excavated	Since 2008 field research by Thomas Corsten , University of Vienna , and Oliver Hülden, LMU Munich

Lycia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Anti-helpless	Kaş , Kaş County, Antalya Province	Hellenistic period 1st century BC Chr.	26 rows of seats, completely preserved, no skene	no systematic excavations yet	Theater of Antiphellos with a view of the Greek island of Kastellorizo
Arykanda	Arifköy, Finike County, Antalya Province	2nd century AD	exposed	Excavations of the city by Ankara University	Arykanda Theater Overall view of the theater
Letoon	Kumluova, Fethiye County, Muğla Province	Between 100 and 42 BC Chr.	Exposed, Doric, entrance through a tunnel with a gable facade	French excavations since the 1950s	Theater at the Letoon
Limyra	Yuvalılar, Finike County, Antalya Province	Rebuilt in 141 AD after earthquake	uncovered, partially preserved, 16 rows of seats, around 20,000 seats	from 1969 excavations of the DAI by Jürgen Borchhardt since 1984 Institute for Classical Archeology at the University of Vienna since 2002 ÖAI Thomas Marksteiner (until 2007) and Martin Seyer	Limyra Theater
Myra (Lycia)	Demre, Demre County, Antalya Province	Roman times, rebuilt in 141 AD after earthquake	exposed	Excavations 1965–1968 by Jürgen Borchhardt for the DFG	The theater in Myra
Oinoanda		Hellenistic-Roman period	exposed		Hellenistic-Roman theater in Oinoanda
Patara	Gelemiş, Kaş County, Antalya Province	According to an inscription on the east wall of the stage building, it was built by Velius Titianus and his daughter Velia Procula in AD 147	Well preserved, exposed, orchestra and some rows of seats partly blown by sand	Excavations in the urban area and cleaning work in the theater from 1988–2008 by Fahri Işık and Havva Işık from Akdeniz Üniversitesi Antalya	The theater in Patara The theater in Patara: View from a distance The little theater Overview from the old theater to the parliament and gate
Phaselis	Tekirova , Kemer County, Antalya Province	2nd century AD	21 rows of seats for 1,500–2,000 visitors, built into the slope, poorly preserved one of the two floors of the stage building has been ruined	Topographical survey of the city in the 1980s by Helmut Schläger and Jörg Schäfer	Phaselis Theater
Telmessos	Fethiye, Fethiye County, Muğla Province	late Hellenistic to Augustan; in the 3rd / 4th Century AD. Installation of a parapet for use as an arena	28 rows of seats, built on a natural slope	exposed by the Fethiye Museum between 1992 and 1995	Telmessos Theater
Tlos	Döğer, Fethiye County, Muğla Province	late 1st century BC BC, middle of the 2nd century AD. Extension of the Cavea, stage building, middle of the 3rd century AD.	34 rows of seats, exposed	Excavations of the city since 1992 by Akdeniz Üniversitesi Antalya under Havva Işık and since 2009 (also theater) Taner Korkut	Theater of Tlos

Pamphylia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Aspendos	Belkis, Serik County, Antalya Province	Built in the 2nd century AD by the local architect Zenon on behalf of the Curtius brothers in the time of Marcus Aurelius .	the best and most completely preserved theater in Asia Minor. See Aspendos # theater	no excavations yet	The Aspendos Theater The Aspendos Theater: View into the Cavea
Perge	Aksu , Antalya County, Antalya Province	120 AD	Cavea with 48 rows of seats for 14,000 spectators is in ruins, but completely preserved, large parts of the stage house have been preserved. The theater frieze is well preserved.	Since 1988 excavations of the University of Istanbul under Halûk Abbasoğlu, since 1993 in cooperation with the University of Giessen	The Perge theater
Side (Pamphylia)	Selimiye , Manavgat County, Antalya Province	Early 2nd century AD, possibly predecessor building	55 rows of seats, in ruins, substructures of the cavea made up of numerous arches, tunnels and staircases.	Turkish excavations and restoration work since 1947	The Side Theater: The Cavea The Theater of Side: View of the ruins of the Agora from the theater tiers, the stage in the foreground Side theater: the stage Side theater: exterior view

Cilicia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Anazarbos , also Anazarbus Cilicia (Kilikia Pedias)	Dilekkaya, district Kozan , Adana Province	Probably Roman times	Overgrown, little preserved, not excavated	Since 2004 research by the DAI in town
Elaiussa Sebaste	Ayas , Erdemli County, Mersin Province	Middle of the 2nd century AD	20 rows of seats for around 2300 spectators had already fallen into disrepair, uncovered and restored in ancient times	since 1997 excavations of the Universita degli studi di Roma La Sapienza	Theater in Elaiussa Sebaste
Hierapolis Kastabala	Kesmeburun, district Osmaniye Province Osmaniye	probably Roman time	15 rows of seats and one gate preserved, partially exposed	no digs	Hierapolis Kastabala Theater with 15 rows of seats
Olba (Diokaisareia)	Uzuncaburç , Silifke County, Mersin Province	The Proskenion is dated by an inscription to the years 164/65 AD.	built in a slope, mostly overgrown	2003/4 settlement survey by the DAI and the DFG , Detlev Wannagat , Ulrich Gotter and Kai Trampedach no excavations in the theater	Olba Theater
Soloi (Cilicia) (Pompeiopolis in Cilicia)	Viransehir, district of Mersin	Imperial times	A theater seen by travelers at the beginning of the 19th century is no longer visible.	no digs

Caria

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Alabanda Ἀλάβανδα Caria	Ruins near today's Doğanyurt (also called Araphisar), Çine district , Aydın province	Built under Augustus , later extensions	ruinous, built on a slope, rows of seats almost completely destroyed	since 1999 excavations of the Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Aydın	The theater of Alabanda
Alinda	Karpuzlu, Çine County, Aydın Province	Hellenistic period, 2nd century BC Chr .; Roman stage building added	Cavea on the slope with well-preserved analemmas, in the upper area in the middle 13 rows of seats on the sides 9 rows; ruins of the stage building	No digging at the theater	The Alinda Theater
Aphrodisias	Geyre, Karacasu County , Aydın Province	Before 28 BC . Ordained by Christ Zoilos, during the 1st century. N. Chr. Built Auditorium, under Antoninus Pius extended	Cavea with 27 rows of seats and parts of the stage building are in ruins	Excavations at New York University since 1961, first under Kenan Erim, today Christopher Ratté and RRR Smith, theater uncovered in the 1970s, numerous statues found	The theater of Aphrodisias
Halicarnassus	Bodrum , Muğla Province	1st half of 3rd century or late 2nd century BC Chr.	55 rows of seats for around 13,000 spectators, partially restored See the main article Theater of Halicarnassus	Numerous excavations in the city since the middle of the 19th century. Several attempts to restore the theater by the Museum of Underwater Archeology Bodrum in 1976, 1985, 2000	The theater of Halicarnassus
Herakleia on the Latmos	Kapıkırı, Milas County, Muğla Province	Hellenistic period, 3rd or 2nd century BC Chr.	Cavea carved into the rock, badly disturbed and overgrown	No excavations at the theater Research work by the DAI in the region since 1985, in the city since 1991	The theater of Herakleia on Latmos
Iasos (Caria)	Kıyıkışlaçık, Milas County, Muğla Province	Hellenistic period, late 2nd century BC Chr. Renewal of the cavea and probably construction of the stage building	Slope, badly disturbed and overgrown	No excavations at the theater, excavations in the urban area since 1960 by Doro Levi , Clelia Laviosa and Fede Berti from the Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene
Kaunos	Dalyan , Ortaca County, Muğla Province	2nd century BC Chr.	33 rows of seats, uncovered, the cavea built into the slope of the Acropolis has been preserved in ruins	since 1960 excavations at Ankara University under Baki Öğün, since 2001 Cengiz Işık	Kaunos Theater
Magnesia at the Meander Theater 1	Tekin, Germencik County, Aydın Province	3rd century BC BC, renewed around 200 BC Chr., Remodeling in the 2nd century AD	on the slope above the agora, max. 3000 spectators, probably destroyed by the Goths in 263 AD. Number of rows of seats and structure can no longer be determined	1890/91 by Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen exposed
Magnesia at Mäander Theater 2 (Theatron)		late Hellenistic to Imperial times	24 rows of seats for 3500 spectators, not completed, planned function as a theater uncertain, possibly religious function	Discovered in 1984, since then excavations by Orhan Bingöl from Ankara University	Unfinished Magnesia Theater
Nysa on the meander	Sultanhisar, Sultanhisar County, Aydın Province	second quarter of the 1st century AD, stage around 200 AD	Built on a slope, 47 rows of seats for around 12,000 spectators, a tunnel under the forecourt through which the city was supplied with water.	Excavations in the theater in the 1960s by the University of Izmir, 1982–88 by the University of Aydın	The Nysa Theater on the Meander

Pisidia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Antioch in Pisidia	Yalvaç, Yalvaç County, Isparta Province	Imperial times	26 rows of seats, around 15,000 seats, exposed	Excavations in the urban area since 1982 by Stephen Mitchell, since 1983 under the direction of Mehmet Taşlıalan, Museum Yalvaç	Theater of Antioch (1999)
Kremna Theater 1	Çamlık, Bucak County, Burdur Province	probably around the birth of Christ	26–30 rows of seats, not completed	Excavations in the urban area by Jale İnan around 1970
Kremna Theater 2		unknown, after Theater 1	badly disturbed, stage building probably never erected
Sagalassos	Ağlasun, Golcuk County , Burdur Province	late 2nd century AD	Cavea and stage building in ruins, but almost completely preserved and exposed	Excavations since 1990 by Marc Waelkens, Catholic University of Leuven	Theater ruins in Sagalassos
Selge (Pisidia)	Altınkaya, Manavgat County, Antalya Province	2nd century AD	44 rows of seats for 8,700 spectators Cavea preserved and exposed, stage construction in ruins	1968/69 research by Alois Machatschek, Vienna University of Technology	The Selge Theater
Termessos	County Korkuteli , Province of Antalya	First construction early 2nd century BC BC, rebuilt under Augustus, at the end of the 2nd century Cavea expanded	27 rows of seats for about 4000 spectators, cavea in ruins, parts of the stage building preserved	No digs	Termessos Theater with a view of Solymos (Güllük Dağı)

Italy

Magna Graecia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Locri

Sicily

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Iaitas		Around 300 BC Chr.			The Theater of Iaitas (2003)
Segesta					The Segesta theater
Syracuse	Parco Archeologico della Neapoli				The theater of Syracuse
Tauromenion / Tauromenium	Taormina	2nd century BC Chr.	See the main article Taormina ancient theater		The theater of Tauromenion (Taormina): view of Mount Etna The Theater of Tauromenion (Taormina): the ranks
Soluntum	Solunt				The remains of the theater in Solunto
	Tindari
Morgantina
Katans	Catania		See the main article Roman Theater (Catania)		The Roman theater in Catania

Rome

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Roma			See the main article Theater des Balbus
Roma			See the main article Marcellus Theater		Marcellus Theater: viewed from the Capitol Rear view: the retaining walls from the Orsini period are clearly visible
Roma			See the main article Theater of Pompey		Floor plan of the theater on the Forma Urbis Romae Theater (center) in the city model in the Museo della Civiltà Romana The houses in Via di Grotta Pinta were built in the ancient cavea

Rest of Italy

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Cassinum	Cassino		Ummidia Quadratilla Foundation		The Casinum Municipal Theater
Faesulae	Fiesole				View into the theater
Falerii
Herculaneum			See the main article Theater of Herculaneum		historical model of the theater
Luna (city)
Neapolis (Naples)	Naples		See the main article Roman Theater of Naples		Floor plan of the theater. One of the accessible parts is marked in red today. Remains of the grandstand in a courtyard
Pompeii	Pompeii		See the main article Pompeii # Great Theater		View into the big theater
Trieste	Tergeste		See the main article Teatro Romano di Trieste		Teatro Romano di Trieste The ruins of the Roman theater
Verona			See the main article Teatro Romano di Verona		S. Pietro hill with the Teatro Romano di Verona , the Archaeological Museum in the Roman Theater - the former monastery of St. Jerome - and the Castel San Pietro
Villa Adriana

Gallia

Gallia Narbonensis

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Arausio Gallia Narbonensis	orange Vaucluse department , France		See the main article Orange Theater		Orange theater Orange theater Orange theater Orange theater
Arelate Gallia Narbonensis	Arles Bouches-du-Rhône department , France				the theater Arles: Ancient Theater
	Glanum
Vienna	Vienne (Isere)				the Vienne theater above the old town

Gallia Lugdunensis

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
	Antigny (Vienne)
Augustodunum	Autun		See the main article Autun Roman Theater		Roman stage theater Autun
	Civaux				Civaux, ancient theater, reconstruction, from the museum

Gallia Belgica

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Augusta Raurica Gallia Belgica	Augst , Kaiseraugst Switzerland				Roman theater Detail of the Roman Theater Outer wall of the Roman theater.
Aventicum Gallia Belgica	Avenches Switzerland				Roman theater Roman theater
Locus anonymus Gallia Belgica	Vicus Lindfeld near Lenzburg Switzerland				Remains of the theater at Vicus Lindfeld
Augusta Treverorum	trier Germany	1st to 4th century AD	Two cult theaters (?) In the temple districts of Altbachtal and Irminenwingert	Excavated but not visible

Germania Superior

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Lopodunum	Ladenburg , Germany	2nd century AD	Excavated in 1967 and then built over		Presumed theater steps with donor inscription from Ladenburg
Mogontiacum	Mainz , Germany		See the main article Roman Theater Mainz		Excavation site at the end of April 2007, in the background the new construction of the station building
Nida (Roman city)	Frankfurt - Heddernheim , Germany	Last quarter of the 1st century AD	Timber construction, probably from Heddernheim's fort times, possibly later used in the civil town	Excavated in 1929

Hispania

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Clunia	at Coruña del Conde		See the main article: Roman Theater of Clunia Sulpicia
Emerita Augusta	Merida				Roman theater in Mérida Interior of the Roman theater
Italica					The Italica Theater View into the cavea of ​​the Italica theater
Pollentia	Poŀlèntia				Teatre Romà
Saguntum	Sagunto
Colonia Caesaraugusta	Zaragoza
Tarraco	Tarragona	1st century BC Chr.	Parts of the stage and the three-story facade wall behind it, the orchestra , the cavea and a piece of the marble coating of the first row of seats have been preserved.		Preserved remains of the Roman theater in the port area

Dalmatia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Narona

Africa

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
	Djerba
Carthage
Leptis Magna	al-Chums				The theater in Leptis Magna
	Sabratha				The theater in Sabrata
	Thugga				The theater in Thugga
	Tipasa

Cyrenaica

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Ptolemais (Cyrenaica)

Aegyptus

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Alexandria
	Kom el-Dahab		only known from aerial photographs	Gregory Marouard (2014)
Oxyrhynchos				William Flinders Petrie (1922)
Pelusium		Roman imperial times	See the main article: Theater of Pelusium

Arabia Petraea

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Gadara	Umm Qais , Jordan				The North Theater of Gadara
Gadara	Umm Qais , Jordan	2nd century AD			The West Theater of Gadara
Gerasa	Jerash , Jordan	1st century AD			The southern theater of Gerasa
Petra (Jordan)		Roman time			The Petra theater
Philadelphia Arabia Petraea	Amman Jordan	Roman time	See the main article: Amman Roman Theater		The Philadelphia Theater (Arabia Petraea)

Iudaea

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Caesarea Maritima	Kesarya קיסריה, Israel	At the turn of an era			The theater in Caesarea Maritima: panoramic view
Tiberias

Syria

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Apamea on the Orontes
	Citadel of Bosra	2nd century AD			The theater in the citadel of Bosra The theater in the citadel of Bosra
Byblos
	Darʿā		destroyed
Philippopolis	Shahba

Mesopotamia

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Babylon		possibly already at the time of Alexander the Great (4th century)	See the main article Theater of Babylon

Graeco Bactria

Ancient place name / location	Modern place name / location	Dating	Plant and condition	Excavation history	Illustration
Alexandria on Oxus / Eukratidia  ? Bactria	Ai Khanoum Takhar Province , Northeast Afghanistan	approx. 3rd century BC BC to 145 BC BC (destruction of the city)		Excavated between 1964 and 1978 by a French team led by Paul Bernard

Web links

• Theatrum.de - Website of the Regional Archeology Department Mainz (Internet project for the provision of basic information including information on special literature on all known theaters of Greco-Roman antiquity, based on the work on the Roman theater in Mainz)
• Thomas G. Hines, Department of Theater, Whitman College, Walla Walla , Washington : The Ancient Theater Archive (American Internet project to provide basic information including information on special literature on all known theaters of Greco-Roman antiquity)

literature

• Sara Aebi: Roman theater buildings in Switzerland . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , pp. 1529-1532.
• Enno Burmeister : Ancient Greek and Roman Theaters. Darmstadt, WBG, 2006 (revised edition of: Antike Theaters in Attika and on the Peloponnese. Munich, tuduv-Verlag, 1996). - Review by Martin Kreeb, in: Göttinger Forum für Altertumswwissenschaft 12, 2009, 1043–1056, (online) (PDF; 176 kB).
• Rüdiger Gogräfe: Theater in the Roman Empire. Stage for actors, the celebrations of the empire and the sponsors of the empire. Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag & Media, Mainz 2013.
• Jean-Claude Golvin : Le théâtre romain et ses spectacles. Ed. Archeologie Nouvelle, Lacapelle-Marival 2013.
• Hans Peter Isler : Theater. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12A, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996-2015, ISBN 3-476-01470-3 , Sp. 254-266. - (contains a list of over 300 ancient theaters)
• Hans Peter Isler: Ancient theater buildings. A manual (= archaeological research. Volume 27; memoranda of the phil.-hist. Class. Volume 490). 3 volumes. Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-7001-7957-3
• Umberto Pappalardo, in collaboration with Daniela Borelli: Antike Theater. Imhof, Petersberg, 2007, ISBN 3-86568-224-3 . - (Text-Image-Band)
• Frank Sear: Roman theaters: an architectural study. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-814469-4 , previewed on GoogleBooks . - (contains pages 118-424 a catalog of over 500 theaters from Roman times)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ L. Käppel : The theater of Epidauros. The basic mathematical idea of ​​the overall design and its possible meaning (1989)
2. ↑ The Theater - The Arsinoe fountain house ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: ancientmessene.gr . Retrieved July 13, 2016.
3. ↑ Marianne Mehling (Ed.): Knaurs Kulturführer in Farbe Turkey . Droemer-Knaur 1987 p. 193 ISBN 3-426-26293-2
4. ^ ÖAI - excavation history
5. ^ Recep Meriç: Metropolis. Medoder (Friends of Metropolis Society), 1996.
6. ↑ Dr.-Ing. Berthold F. Weber: Restoration work on the theater of Milet
7. ↑ Ümit Serdaroğlu: Behramkale - Assos
8. ^ Turkish Ministry of Culture - General Directorate for Paintings and Museums - Bursa - İznik Museums
9. ^ Klaus Rheidt : Aizanoi - history, exploration and monuments. DAI 1992
10. ↑ Alexander von Kienlin , Georg Herdt, Ahmet Ilasli: The theater of Apameia. In: Askold Ivantchik, Lâtife Summerer, Alexander von Kienlin (eds.): Kelainai-Apameia Kibotos: an Achaemenid, Hellenistic and Roman metropolis - Kelainai-Apameia Kibotos: une métropole achéménide, hellénistique et romaine (= Kelainai II ). Ausonius, Bordeaux 2016, pp. 151-173 ( online ).
11. ↑ The ancient theater archive - The Theater at Hierapolis
12. ↑ LMU - Kibyratis  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ Marianne Mehling (Ed.): Knaurs Kulturführer in Farbe Turkey . Droemer-Knaur 1987 p. 99 ISBN 3-426-26293-2
14. ↑ Pamela A. Webb: Hellenistic architectural sculpture: figural motifs in western Anatolia and the Aegean Islands . Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 1996 p. 123 ISBN 978-0-299-14980-2 on GoogleBooks
15. ↑ Marianne Mehling (Ed.): Knaurs Kulturführer in Farbe Turkey . Droemer-Knaur 1987 p. 530 ISBN 3-426-26293-2
16. ^ OeAI excavation Limyra
17. ↑ Brockhaus - Archeology, Leipzig-Mannheim 2009 p. 437 ISBN 978-3-7653-3321-7
18. ↑ Cemil Toksöz: Famous sights of antiquity in Lycia. Toksöz Yarınları, Istanbul 1988 p. 98
19. ↑ Frank Sear: Roman theaters: an architectural study Oxford University Press, 2006 p 373 ISBN 978-0-19-814469-4
20. ↑ - Theatrum.de Telmessos
21. ↑ Frank Sear: Roman theaters: an architectural study Oxford University Press, 2006 p 380 ISBN 978-0-19-814469-4
22. ↑ Akdeniz Üniversitesi - Tlos Excavations ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
23. ↑ Marianne Mehling (Ed.): Knaurs Kulturführer in Farbe Turkey . Droemer-Knaur 1987 p. 100 ISBN 3-426-26293-2
24. ↑ Frank Sear: Roman theaters: an architectural study Oxford University Press, 2006 S. 372f. ISBN 978-0-19-814469-4
25. ↑ Marianne Mehling (Ed.): Knaurs Kulturführer in Farbe Turkey . Droemer-Knaur 1987 p. 452 ISBN 3-426-26293-2
26. ↑ HS Alanyali: The Centauromachy and Gigantomachy Frieze of the Theater of Perge , in: Forum Archaeologiae - Journal for Classical Archeology 3 / V / 1997 online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
27. ^ Justus Liebig University Giessen - The excavation in Perge
28. ↑ Frank Sear: Roman theaters: an architectural study Oxford University Press, 2006 p 377 ISBN 978-0-19-814469-4
29. ^ DAI - Anazarbos ( Memento of September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
30. ↑ Klaus-Michael Bull: Elaouissa Sebaste (PDF; 668 kB)
31. ^ Theatrum.de Diokaisareia
32. ↑ New research in Uzuncaburç
33. ^ Theatrum.de Alabanda
34. ^ Theatrum.de Alinda, Theater
35. ↑ Theatrum.de Aphrodisias, Theater ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
36. ^ New York University - Aphrodisias - Current Research projects
37. ^ New York University - Aphrodisias - Theater
38. ↑ Theatrum.de Halikarnassos, Bodrum ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
39. ↑ Bodrumpages
40. ↑ DAI - Turkey, Latmos region ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
41. ^ Theatrum.de Iasos
42. ^ Associazione Iasos di Caria - La Missione e la sua storia
43. ^ Christian Marek, Peter Frei : History of Asia Minor in antiquity . CH Beck, 2010 p. 60 ISBN 978-3-406-59853-1
44. ↑ Orhan Bingöl: Magnesia on the meander = Magnesia ad Maeandrum . Department of Classical Archeology, Ankara University, Ankara 1998, pp. 73–75 ISBN 975-387-068-X
45. ↑ Orhan Bingöl: Magnesia on the meander = Magnesia ad Maeandrum . Department of Classical Archeology, Ankara University, Ankara 1998, pp. 79–85 ISBN 975-387-068-X
46. ↑ Marianne Mehling (Ed.): Knaurs Kulturführer in Farbe Turkey . Droemer-Knaur 1987 p. 94 ISBN 3-426-26293-2
47. ↑ Mehmet Taşlıalan: Pisidian Antioch. The Journeys of St. Paul to Antioch. Göltaş Cultural Series 1997
48. ↑ Frank Sear: Roman theaters: an architectural study Oxford University Press, 2006 S. 368f. ISBN 978-0-19-814469-4
49. ↑ Frank Sear: Roman theaters: an architectural study Oxford University Press, 2006 S. 374f. ISBN 978-0-19-814469-4
50. ↑ Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project - FAQ ( Memento of the original dated August 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 806 kB) 
51. ↑ Theatrum.de Selge ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
52. ↑ Alois Machatschek: Building research in Selge. Vlg. Der Akad. Der Wiss., Passim 1981 ISBN 978-3-7001-0422-3
53. ↑ Frank Sear: Roman theaters: an architectural study Oxford University Press, 2006 S. 378f. ISBN 978-0-19-814469-4