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Aspendos Roman Theatre in Antalya, Turkey
Aspendos Roman Theatre in Antalya, Turkey
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00:06Today we will talk about Aspendos Roman Theater in Antalya, Turkey.
00:14Turkey's Aspendos Roman Theater is an exquisitely maintained ancient Roman landmark.
00:24In fact, it appears to be virtually entirely undamaged.
00:30This Roman amphitheater, which can still hold up to 15,000 spectators, was formerly a part of the city of Aspendos, which was established by ancient Greeks from Argos and was first recorded by the Hittites around 800 BC.
01:00The city prospered even more under the Romans, and in the middle of the 2nd century AD, Aspendos Roman Theater was constructed there.
01:16The theater was constructed in the heyday of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
01:21We are able to identify the architect as Zenon, the son of Theodorus, thanks to inscriptions on the building's walls.
01:37The inscriptions also reveal that two wealthy brothers provided funding for the Greek architect, who was born in Aspendos.
01:51According to a different mythology, the theater was the outcome of a competition the ruler of Aspendos held, with the prize being the daughter's hand.
02:13The ruler is said to have been so pleased by the theater's acoustics that its architect won the competition and wed the ruler's daughter there.
02:31Even though it was constructed during the Roman era, the theater has a lot of Greek elements.
02:37The Aspendos Theater is amazing in its overall size.
02:47The theater's total width is 96 meters, and other features are arranged according to standard ratios, the stage's width is half that of the structure, and the orchestra's diameter is equal to the stage's width.
03:01The diazoma, a horizontal walkway, separates the spectator tribune into two halves.
03:19The theater is renowned for both its magnificent architectural decoration and great acoustics.
03:31Like the rest of the theater, the two-story stage construction is extraordinarily spectacular and has been conserved exceptionally well.
03:45The city was continuously inhabited through the Byzantine and Seleucid eras, which is largely to blame for this.
03:53The theater was renovated by the Seljuks in the 13th century after they had used it as a caravanserai.
04:11Aspendos Roman Theater is open to visitors, and it even hosts an annual summer festival.
04:23There are also the ruins of a Roman aqueduct close by.
04:33Today the Aspendos Theater is still used for wrestling, live music exhibitions of dance or concerts.
04:43The rows of marble chairs are arranged in a precise semicircle, like the rings of an onion.
04:55Behind the three-story Corinthian-style stage building is an open stage.
05:03There is a series of arcades all around it, and everything is still in pretty good shape.
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