DORA (Dor), ancient
Palestina, modern Israel.
COORDENATES: 32º37’12.06’’N
// 34º55’07.48’’E
TIPOLOGY: Roman
theatre. Urban.
DATE: II
or III A.D.
TRANSFORMATIONS:
CAPACITY:
CAVEA: Facing
north-north-west. 60 m. diameter. Aditus
maximi visible remains.
ORCHESTRA: Paved
in stone.
STAGE
BUILDING: Columns remains of grey and coloured marble.
Corinthian capitals found.
LOCATION: 200
m. north of northern edge of town. Dor is 60 klm. north from Tel Aviv.
MY BEDSIDE TABLE: Segal, Arthur; “Theatres
in Roman Palestine & provincia Arabia”. New York, E.J. Brill., 1995. //
Sear, Frank; “Roman theatres: an architectural
study”. Oxford University Press, 2006.// Ciancio Rossetto, Paola; Giuseppina Pisani Sartorio
(eds); “Teatri Greci e Romani: alle origini del linguaggio rappresentato”.
Rome: SEAT, 1995.
OUT OF PRINT: Somebody
that I found in my visit to ancient Dora told me that the ancient theatre
remains are actually the private WC of the bathers... well some latin comedy
was always full of eschatology.
