Theatre or arena
Odeion of Agrippa
Odeion of Agrippa: theatre or arena of the ancient world (Attica, Greece).
Theatre or arenaKind
Roman periodFirst recorded · 30 BC – AD 300
Roman periodLast recorded · 30 BC – AD 300
AthensNearest town · 1.1 km
On the map
Position: 37.9751, 23.7232
Through the eras
Before 750 BC
Archaic period750 BC – 550 BC
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC
Roman period30 BC – AD 300✓
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 640
Middle AgesAD 640 – AD 1453
About the site
The Odeion of Agrippa was a large theatre built in the centre of the Agora of Athens in the Augustan period. It collapsed and was rebuilt in the second century AD, but was destroyed in the Herulian Sack of 267 AD. The remains were subsequently converted into a gymnasium.
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