Hellenistic Theatre, built 2nd century BC under

Hellenistic Theatre, built 2nd century BC under the reign of Attala II, Pergamon, modern-day Bergama, Izmir, Turkey, with mountains in the distance. The theatre seated 10, 000 people and would have had a wooden stage which was erected for each performance. It is the steepest theatre of the ancient world and has 78 rows of seats in 3 horizontal sections. The seats are of andesite and trachyte, except for the marble seat of honour above the first diazoma. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Andesite Bergama Diazoma Erected Except Hellenistic Izmir Modern-day Pergamon Rows Seats Sections Steepest

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