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Theater at Pergamon - 2nd century BCE
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| One of the most impressive edifices of Pergamon was its theater. Here, like many of the grand architectural monuments of ancient history, there is a extraordinary integration of architecture and landscape. Though its capacity was limited to only 10,000 spectators, the deep and wide valley extending in front of it, and its grand architectural setting with other buildings fanning around and above it, make it perhaps the most majestic theater ruin in western Anatolia. Built into the western hillside of Pergamon, it is the steepest theater of the ancient world. The theater dates back to the early days of the kingdom, around the fourth century BCE, but probably took its present form in the Hellenistic period, in the second century BCE, during the reign of Eumenes II. |
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