Editing Pergamon (section)

====Theatre====
[[File:Theatre of Pergamon.jpg|thumb|left|Theatre of Pergamon, one of the steepest theatres in the world, has a capacity of 10,000 people and was constructed in the 3rd century BC.]]
The well-preserved {{ill|Theatre of Pergamon|de|Theater von Pergamon}} dates from the Hellenistic period and had space for around 10,000 people, in 78 rows of seats. At a height of 36 metres, it is the steepest of all ancient theatres. The seating area (''koilon'') is divided horizontally by two walkways, called ''diazomata'', and vertically by {{convert|0.75|m|ft|adj=mid|-wide}} stairways into seven sections in the lowest part of the theatre and six in the middle and upper sections. Below the theatre is a {{convert|247|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}} and up to {{convert|17.4|m|ft|adj=mid|-wide}} terrace, which rested on a high retaining wall and was framed on the long side by a [[stoa]]. Coming from the Upper market, one could enter this from a tower-building at the south end. This terrace had no space for the circular [[Theatre of ancient Greece#Orchestra|orchestra]], which was normal in a Greek theatre, so only a wooden stage building was built which could be taken down when there was no performance taking place. Thus, the view along the terrace to the Temple of Dionysos at the northern end was unimpeded. A marble stage building was only built in the 1st century BC. Additional theatres were built in the Roman period, one in the Roman new city and the other in the sanctuary of Asclepius.<ref>''Altertümer von Pergamon''. IV; Gottfried Gruben: ''Die Tempel der Griechen''. 3rd edition. Hirmer, München 1980, pp. 439–440.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whitman.edu/theatre/theatretour/pergamum/commentary/pergamum.commentary.htm |title= The Acropolis Theater at Pergamum, Turkey |website=www.whitman.edu |access-date=September 24, 2007}}</ref>