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Archaeological wonders tagged “theatre”

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🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city

Abthugni

Numidian to Vandal (3rd c. BCE–5th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman / Christian

Municipium with theatre, circus and martyr basilica (303 CE).

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🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city

Sabratha

Phoenician to Byzantine (c.500 BCE–643 CE; monumental Roman 1st–3rd c CE) · Phoenician / Punic / Hellenistic / Roman / Byzantine

Tripolitanian Phoenician port (5th c BCE) with Hellenistic and then Roman city: Theatre of Sabratha – most complete Roman theatre in Africa (Marcus Aurelius era 175–200 CE, cavea 92.6 m, three-storey…

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🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city

Caesarea Mauretaniae (Cherchell)

Phoenician / Numidian / Roman · Mauretanian / Roman

Splendid royal capital of Juba II and Cleopatra Selene (25 BCE) then capital of Mauretania Caesariensis, with harbour, great theatre, amphitheatre and museums of Greek copies.