Theatre Area of Pompeii

Not to be confused with Theatre of Pompey.
Bird's eye view of the large and small theatres, Pompeii

The theatre area of Pompeii is located in the southwest region of the city. There are three main buildings that make up this area: the Large Theatre, the Odeon (small theatre), and the Quadriporticum. These served as an entertainment and meeting centre of the city.[1] Pompeii had two stone theatres of its own nearly two decades before the first permanent stone theatre was erected in Rome in the 50s BC.

  1. ^ Saleri, Renato; Cappellini, Valeria; Nony, Nicolas; De Luca, Livio; Pierrot-Deseilligny, Marc; Bardiere, Emmanuel; Campi, Massimiliano (2013). "UAV photogrammetry for archaeological survey: The Theaters area of Pompeii". 2013 Digital Heritage International Congress (Digital Heritage). pp. 497–502. doi:10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6744818. ISBN 978-1-4799-3170-5. S2CID 15649043.