12123	The Great Theatre at Ephesus • History • Maps and Directions • Glossary of Terms • Take the Tour • Timeline • Theatre Tour Home Location: Ephesus (Selçuk), Turkey Theatre Type: Hellenistic-Roman Theatre Date of Construction: 2nd Century BC - Greek Renovation Dates: 125-100 BC. - scene building with thyromata, Greek 40-55 AD. - stage renovations, Claudius, Roman 66 AD. - columnar scaenae frons, Nero, Roman 87-92 AD. - Roman podium, scaenae, enclosed parodoi, cavea enlarged, analemmats added, Domitian, Roman 140-144 AD. - proscaenium enlarged, Roman 210 AD. - third order of scaenae frons completed, Roman 262 AD. - Earthquake and Roman reconstructions Late 3rd c. - orchestra becomes a kolymbethra, Roman 359-408 AD. - earthquakes and Roman reconstructions Excavations: 1869, 1895-1913, post-WWI to the present day (Austrian) Dimensions: Cavea width: 142 m. (466 f.) Orchestra: width 25.8 m. (84.6 f.) stage width 25.4 m. (84.6 f.); stage depth 5.56 m. (18.24 f.) 67 Rows of seating : ima cavea, 24 rows, 11 cuni; media, 22 rows, 22 cuni; summa, 21 rows, 22 cuni (approximate measurements of Roman ruins) Seating Capacity: 17,000-25,000 Architectural Drawings: Plan View The ancient city of Ephesus is located outside the modern city of Selçuk on the Mediterranean coast of present-day Turkey. Although the region was settled as early as 5000 BC, the city whose ruins we see today dates from 300 BC and is the product of Hellenistic city planning and Roman renovations. -More....
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