Theater at Aspendos

Theater at Aspendos

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Zeno

Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)

Single Built Works

Turkey (nation)

Belkis (inhabited place)

Imperial (Roman)

amphitheaters (built works)

Exterior view of the Theater at Aspendos (now Belkis), Turkey. "Two tower-like buildings (the versura) flank the stage and connect the skene to the cavea. Doors at the orchestra level of the versura (the aditus maximus) served as side entrances for performers as well as the audience , and doors at the stage level provided entrances and exits for actors. This architectural feature served to enclose the Roman theatre and the covered parodoi provided two significant platforms for seats of honor (the Tribunalia). The Tribunalia, or seats of judgment, were reserved for magistrates and priestesses of Vesta and, in the event of gladiatorial games, victors would receive recognition from the praetor who sat in these seats. The Tribunalia overlooked a seven foot high stage (possibly of wood) that extended from the scaenae frons and connected the two versura. This stage no longer exists but evidence of five small doors in the face of the stage are considered part of a later Roman sub-stage corridor leading to holding areas for animals used in blood-sport events,"--Department of Theatre, Whitman College website.

limestone

Theatron: 325 w X 240 feet

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