Theatre, Sparta, Laconia, Greece

Theatre, built 30-20 BC, Roman, with a seating capacity of 16, 00 in 25 tiers of seats, with Mt Taygetos and the modern town of Sparta behind, in Sparta, an Ancient Greek city-state founded c. 650 BC in Laconia, Greece. There was a theatre at Sparta from 5th century BC, rebuilt by the Romans and improved until 4th century AD, with large cavea, skene, proskenion, orchestra and removable stage. Sparta was a powerful military city-state throughout the Greek ancient and classical periods, and was later inhabited by the Romans and Byzantines. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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