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The Theatre of Marcellus (Latin: Theatrum Marcelli, Italian: Teatro di Marcello) is an ancient open-air theatre in Rome, Italy, built in the closing years of the Roman Republic. At the theatre, locals and visitors alike were able to watch performances of drama and song. Today its ancient edifice in the rione of Sant'Angelo, Rome, once again provides one of the city's many popular spectacles or tourist sites. It was named after Marcus Marcellus, Emperor Augustus's nephew, who died five years before its completion. Space for the theatre was cleared by Julius Caesar, who was murdered before it could be begun; the theatre was so far advanced by 17 BC that part of the celebration of the ludi saeculares took place within the theatre; it was completed in 13 BC and formally inaugurated in 12 BC by Augustus.
The theatre was 111 m in diameter; it could originally hold 11,000 spectators. It was an impressive example of what was to become one of the most pervasive urban architectural forms of the Roman world. The theatre was built mainly of tuff, and concrete faced with stones in the pattern known as opus reticulatum, completely sheathed in white travertine. The network of arches, corridors, tunnels and ramps that gave access to the interiors of such Roman theaters were normally ornamented with a screen of engaged columns in Greek orders: Doric at the base, Ionic in the middle. It is believed that Corinthian columns were used for the upper level but this is uncertain as the theater was reconstructed in the Middle Ages, removing the top tier of seating and the columns.
Like other Roman theaters in suitable locations, it had openings through which the natural setting could be seen, in this case the Tiber Island to the southwest. The permanent setting, the scaena, also rose to the top of the cavea as in other Roman theaters.
© Jamshyd Masood/Brien Holden Vision Institute
Published in: Community Eye Health Journal Vol. 30 No. 98 2017 www.cehjournal.org
the brown pair was a broken retro pair I found in an old drawer at my grandmas. the pink pair I bought this past summer. the black pair I bought today along with the pretty blue ones :) 12/26/08
which is not a spectacle, but a fact..
I can see clearly now, the sky is the limit
for me again Monday
Hmam !
An 81-year-old former magistrate, diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration, is able to read again after receiving 24-dioptre low vision spectacles. INDIA.
Photo: Aravind Eye Hospital Low Vision Clinic.
Published in: Community Eye Health Journal Vol. 21 No. 66 JUNE 2008 www.cehjournal.org
Photo captured via Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 24mm F/2.8 Lens. Nishinomiya Tsutakawa Japanese Garden. Mainto Park. Manito-Cannon Hill Neighborhoods. City of Spokane. Selkirk Mountains Range. Northern Rockies Region. Inland Northwest. Spokane County, Washington. Early October 2017.
Exposure Time: 1/100 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-320 * Aperture: F/4 * Bracketing: None * Color Temperature: 5150 K
It's my birthday! Look at my face! (This face is 31 years old.)
Pentax K-S2, Promaster 24/2.8 (m42)
For the Pentax Forums Single in April Challenge.
Theme = SELF
Photo: Clare Gilbert
Published in: Community Eye Health Journal Vol. 17 No. 50 2004 www.cehjournal.org