Exterior: View from NE
Date
13 BCE
Location
Measurements
D.:111m
Material/Technique
Work Type
Notes
Originally started by Caesar as a rival theater to Pompey’s, but abandoned after his death; Augustus took up the project and named it after his nephew Marcellus. Semicircular theater, with capacity of 12,000.
Style/Period
Culture
Image Date
12-Mar
Image Source
Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University
Photographer
Record ID
1213_rome2012_tempmarcellus_vr_003