Editing Soli, Cyprus (section)

=== Theatre ===
[[File:A_reconstruction_of_the_theatre_at_Soli_by_John_Lindros.tif|thumb|A reconstruction of the theatre at Soli during the Roman period by John Lindros.]]
[[File:Teatern,_fest_på_orkestran._Soli_-_SMVK_-_C00483.tif|thumb|Party at the theater's orchestra. Soli, 1927–1931.]]
Further on the Swedish Cyprus Expedition excavated an ancient theatre at Soli. They proposed that the theatre was planned and erected in one piece and they could not distinguish any building periods. The structure displays that the theatre is from the Roman period and coins exhibit an even more precise date, 42/3 A.D as well as 66-70 A.D.  It seems to have been in use until the fourth century. The theatre consists of three parts, ''orchestra'', [[auditorium]], and stage-building. The ''orchestra'' is cut out of the rock and has a semicircular shape with a rectangular addition in front. The floor of the ''orchestra'' was plastered with lime cement and the rainwater was carried off by a conduit of terracotta pipes. Two entrances,  the western and eastern ''paradoi'', lead to the orchestra. The auditorium was also semicircular and cut into the rock of the sloping hill. The auditorium is divided by a [[Theatre of ancient Greece|diazoma]] covered by limestone slabs.<ref name=":72" />