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Re: Roman Entertainment

Egocentrico Nov 18, 2010 10:08 AM
Posted in group: History Illustrated (Moderated)
I have found that in the roman city of Castulo (6 km at the south of Linares, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain), there was a roman theatre. There is a latin inscription that says that someone gave 2 statues (Venus Genetrix and Cupid) to the roman theatre of that city.

The web in Spanish:

http://biblioteca2.uclm.es/biblioteca/ceclm/libros/camineria/c3/03h14.htm

Google Translation:

http://translate.google.es/translate?u=h...l=&ie=UTF-8

And the location of that city, there are photos in Panoramio of the area.

http://maps.google.es/maps?t=h&hl=es...030899&z=16

Some photos:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/33569247
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/33569247

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/33569298

http://www.redjaen.es/francis/?m=c&o=12042

http://www.castillos-de-espana.com/searc...f736b226bf263b5

Spanish Wikipedia: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castulo

English Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castulo

So it's an orange point. Location sure, I have read that the theatre is thought to have been in some place, but I couldn't find anything.

It's thought that it had an amphitheatre and circus, but there is not evidence of them.