Gesine Manuwald, Roman Republican Theatre, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011 , 25 | History [ ] It was built in either the second quarter : 53 or the second half of the second century AD, : 143 and is constructed of black |
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: 141 The city of Bosra had its fortifications expanded between 481 and 1251 | Volume 4 of: Noelle Watson ed |
Gesine Manuwald, Roman Republican Theatre, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011 , 19.
The theatre is 102 metres across and has seating for about 15,000 people; it is thus among the largest of the Ancient Roman civilisation | Slater, Roman Theater and Society, Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1996 , vii |
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Gesine Manuwald, Roman Republican Theatre, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011 , 18 | , 1st century playwright of a "comedy of manners"• Brockett, Oscar; Hildy, Franklin J |
The theatre was originally built outside the walls of the town, but was later completely enclosed by an fortress.