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| Description | The theatre was built from 16 to 15 BC and dedicated by the consul Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. It was renovated in the late 1st or early 2nd century AD, possibly by the emperor Trajan, and again between 330 and 340 during Constantine's reign, when a walkway around the monument and new decorative elements were added. With the advent of Christianity as Rome's sole state religion, theatrical performances were officially declared immoral. The theatre was abandoned and mostly covered with earth, leaving only its upper tiers of seats (summa cavea) until 1910, and remains of the tops of the bleachers and a concrete base covered with granite blocks that made up the façade of the building. Having limited resources and methodology, the excavation was delayed until the late nineteenth century, when most of the building was excavated, documenting numerous columns, cornices, statues and other building materials, especially the front stage. In the 1960s and 1970s the front stage was rebuilt under the direction of the architect and archaeologist José Menéndez Pidal y Álvarez. |
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| Author | Harvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA |
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