The Best-Preserved Roman Theater [4:21]

YouTube ^ | June 3, 2025 | Toldinstone Footnotes (Garrett Ryan, Ph.D)

[dfwgator]

Pula, Croatia

[TexasGator]

New sections were opened after our 2017 visit but access to a lot of upper class living areas now restricted.

[fidelis]

The video states it held about 10,000 spectators (though there were ancient theaters much larger). Would love to hear a concert there, but I’d probably need to bring a cushion for those hard, stone seats.

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks, reminds me of...

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I think there's one missing, I seem to remember a Toldinstone topic about a well-preserved on in southern France, I'm probably the only one with the Gaul to post something like that...

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Definitely. And a catheter leading to a pee bottle. :^)