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North Theater (Odeon) of Gerasa

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North Theater (Odeon) of Gerasa

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    May 6, 2021

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    The north theater with approx. 800 seats
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    As my daughter says 19 years ago: the ancient world already knew the second program. This odeon gave room for 800 visitors. It was a small lecture room, a kind of small poem theater. But it was also the bouleuterion, the council chamber of the city of Gerasa.

    Like almost everything in Gerasa, the Odeon fell victim to the earthquake of 749 AD.
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    north theatre. A late 2nd-century inscription on the architrave of the scaenae frons (decorative background of the stage) identifies the construction
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