The well-preserved marble theater that Balduin Saria uncovered in 1924 at Stobi was thought for many years to be the only theater in the city. Following Saria’s initial campaign, the remainder of the cavea, orchestra, and scene-building, but not the parodoi, were uncovered to the present ground level by Saržo Saržovski (c. 1965-1969). From 1970 to 1981, as a member of the joint Yugoslav and American excavation project directed by Djordje Mano-Zisi and James Wiseman, Elizabeth Gebhard opened a series of deep trenches to explore the history of activity in the building. Unexpectedly and near the end of the excavations, remains of an earlier scene-building were uncovered. They revealed a predecessor with a different plan and built at a lower elevation; much of it was destroyed or incorporated into the later building. The initial construction of the theater belongs to the end of the first or beginning of the second century AD; it was completed in the middle of the century. After what appears to have been a major earthquake, placed about 300 by associated deposits, the cavea and scene-building were repaired and remodeled, and the orchestra was enclosed as a permanent arena.
H 290 x W 205 mm
290 pages
331 figures, 10 tables
Published Dec 2024
ISBN
Paperback: 9781803278414
Digital: 9781803278421
Contents
SUMMARY
Резиме
INTRODUCTION
History
Topography
History of Excavations
System of Recording
Acknowledgements
CHAPTER I: THE FIRST THEATER (PHASE I)
Introduction
Remains of the First Theater
Plan of the First Theater
Construction
Comparanda
Planning
Summary
CHAPTER II: THE SCENE-BUILDING (PHASE II)
Introduction
Reused Walls from Phase I
New Construction in Phase II
Construction
Sculpture
Conclusion
CHAPTER III: CAVEA, PARADOI, AND ORCHESTRA (PHASE II)
Introduction
The Cavea
The Parodoi
The Orchestra
Conclusion
CHAPTER IV: PHASE III
Introduction
Scene-Building
The Parodoi
The Arena
The Refuges
The Arena Floor
The Cavea
Conclusion
CHAPTER V: PLANNING OF THE THEATER AT STOBI
Introduction
Location
Size and Design
The Vitruvian Planning Diagrams as Applied to the Stobi Theater in Phases I and II
Conclusion
DEPOSITS: CHAPTER I
Pre-Construction
Construction
Use
Destruction
DEPOSITS: CHAPTER II
Construction
Use
DEPOSITS: CHAPTER III
Construction
Use
Destruction
DEPOSITS: CHAPTER IV
Construction
Use
Abandonment
Destruction
TABLES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
FIGURES
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