Photographer’s Note
The Aspendos theatre is one of the best preserved Roman theatres in the world. It was built during the reign of emperor Marcus Arurelius (161-180 A.D.), by Crespinus
Arruntianus and Auspicatus Titianus. These two actually "redesigned" the original Greek theatre into a Roman type theatre.
The difference between Roman and Greek theatres is actually not visible on this photograph. Greek theatres tend to "blend in" with the background; they're built against the rock (as you can see here), and are open on the front. Roman theatres are often "standalone", and have a front facade, or front theatre building. In this case, where we have a redesigned Greek theatre, the frontal theatre building is situated just out of the view of this photo.
The capacity of this theatre is about 15,000 people, and it's still in use.
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(1177) 2005-11-01 19:18
Hi Gerd,
Knowing the place during my travel, this shot would have been excellent if you included stone structure above the center stage. Well done
Davids
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(1034) 2007-02-12 2:46
I just read some of Fik Meyers books again about the roman history, and he shortly explains about the difference between the roman and greek theaters. When I saw the thumb, I ofcoarse needed to look, but I was happy to read your note and look at the photo. TE at it's best!
It's a beautiful structure, and it must have been hard to make the photo. Good that you show the landscape behind it, and the entrance.
If you add the Exif data, people can help you to give advice. there is a small programm EXIFREAD you can download for free that extracs the data.
Although technicaly not an intersting photo, I like the topic and your note very much! thanks for sharing.
Photo Information
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Copyright: Gerd VDC (GerdVDC)
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(836) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2005-09-23
- Camera: Benq DC E53+, 512Mb SD Card
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Theme(s): Archaeological and Ancient Sites of Turkey/Part 3 [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2005-11-01 13:36
