archaicwonder:Aspendos Theatre was built in 155 by the Greek architect Zenon, a native of the city,
archaicwonder:Aspendos Theatre was built in 155 by the Greek architect Zenon, a native of the city, during the rule of Marcus Aurelius. In order to keep with Hellenistic traditions, a small part of the theatre was built so that it leaned against the hill where the acropolis stood, while the remainder was built on vaulted arches. The high stage served to seemingly isolate the audience from the rest of the world. The scaenae frons or backdrop, has remained intact.Aspendos is an ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya province of Turkey. According to later tradition, the (originally non-Greek) city was founded around 1000 BC by Greeks who may have come from Argos. The wide range of its coinage throughout the ancient world indicates that, in the 5th century BC, Aspendos had become the most important city in Pamphylia. At that time the Eurymedon River was navigable as far as Aspendos, and the city derived great wealth from a trade in salt, oil, and wool. -- source link
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