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Megalopolis

Location: Arcadia in the Peloponnesus

Date: 3rd Cent. B.C.

Capacity: 21,000

This was the largest theatre on the Greek mainland

Features: no permanent scene building. The scene building was wheeled in on tracks when it was needed. I t was conjoined on the northern side with an immense roofed assembly hall, the Thersilion

Megalopolis plan