Roman theater (Catania)

The Roman Theater of Catania

The Roman Theater in the Sicilian city of Catania is located on the slope of the hill on which the acropolis of the Greek city of Katane once stood . It was rebuilt from black lava rock in the 1st and 2nd centuries under Roman rule on the older structures of a Greek theater.

The theater's auditorium has 23 rows, two walks and a diameter of 100 meters. The theater offered a total of around 7,000 visitors. The ambulacrum probably dates back to a later phase of renovation when the theater was surrounded by an upper portico .

To the west of the theater is the semicircular Odeon from the third century. It was used for music and dance performances and offered about 1,300 visitors.

The theater is partly built over and therefore not completely excavated. From the outside it cannot be seen at all as it is completely surrounded by residential buildings. The entrance to the museum and theater is on Via Emanuele 266.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Brigit Carnabuci: Sicily - Greek temples, Roman villas, Norman cathedrals and baroque cities in the center of the Mediterranean . DuMont, Cologne 1998, ISBN 978-3-7701-4385-6 , p. 91 .

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[:0-1] Brigit Carnabuci: Sicily - Greek temples, Roman villas, Norman cathedrals and baroque cities in the center of the Mediterranean . DuMont, Cologne 1998, ISBN 978-3-7701-4385-6 , p. 91 .