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Vienne: The Roman Theater
Theatre Antique at Vienne (photo: Athena Review).
Overlooking
the town of Vienne along the Rhône River is the impressive Theatre
Antique, built during the reign of Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) and still
used for concerts today. The Roman Theater, with a diameter of
115 meters, could hold up to 13,000 spectators. First row seats,
reserved for important persons, were wider and made of colored marble.
A
70 foot-long (21 m) sculptured frieze of animals led by Dionysius (the
Roman Bacchus), the patron deity of drama, ran across the front of the
stage.
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