Augst: Römisches Theater

Country: Switzerland (Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizera)
Canton: Basel-Landschaft
City: Augst (ancient name: Augusta Raurica)

[First theatre building on this site built ca. 60/70 AD, demolished ca. 100/110 AD in favour of an amphitheatre. Amphitheatre demolished ca. 170/200 BC. Ca. 200 AD, a new amphitheatre was built on another site in Augusta Raurica (closed ca. 270/300 AD).]

Ancient Roman theatre, built ca. 170/200 AD. Damaged ca. 250 AD, probably by an earthquake. Subsequently restored. Used as a theatre until ca 330/350 AD. Ca. 1850 partly excaved. Numerous restorations since ca. 1900. Originally ca. 10,000 seats.

Links: www.augustaraurica.ch, Theatrum, Wikidata

Augst: Roemisches Theater Front Text: "Augusta Rauracorum - Theater. Inneres."
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Basel-Augst to Luzern, 1905

Augst: Roemisches Theater Front Text: "Augst. Römische Theater-Ruinen (Augusta Rauracorum)", below left: "Eingang zum röm. Amphitheater"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Wyhlen to Berlin (Germany), 1911

Augst: Roemisches Theater Picture: above: theatre
Front Text: "Augst. Röm. Ausgrabungen. Theater-Ruine", "Der sog. Tempel"
Publisher: ?; 34296
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Augst: Roemisches Theater Reverse Text: "Augst, Römisches Amphitheater" [Wrong! This is the theatre, not the amphitheatre.]
Publisher: Lüdin
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Augst: Roemisches Theater Reverse Text: "Augusta Raurica, Augst, Kt. Baselland. Römisches Theater, links davor das Museum mti dem Römerhaus, rechts im Vordergrund Tempelpodium auf dem Schönbühl, links hinter dem Theater das Forumsareal mit der Curia (Rathaus)"
Publisher: Römermuseum Augst; Nr. 31, 1992
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Augst: Roemisches Theater Reverse Text: "Augusta Raurica, Das Theater, Le théâtre, The theater"
Publisher: Augusta Raurica
Size: Modern
Not sent.

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