Large Theater
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Dec 11, 2020 10:46 AM
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History
tags:
theater,
extant remains
The so-called "Large Theater" at Pompeii was built in the Greek style during the second century B.C. Its capacity was approximately 5,000 spectators.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/566364108
40.7485758, 14.4882033
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of the Large Theater (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Great Theatre of Pompeii (English, modern)
- Teatro grande (Italian, modern)
- Large Theater located at Pompeii (unspecified date range)
- Large Theater part of (analytical) Regio VIII, Pompeii (modern)
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theatre, theater
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Large Theater: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/566364108> [accessed: 05 July 2025]
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