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The Roman theatre is located in the modern area of Kom El-Dikaa, which is almost in the centre of the city of Alexandria. Dating from the 2nd century A.D it has a large auditorium, about 42m in diameter. In later times the theatre was rebuilt and its auditorium was diminished to 33.5 m in diameter. It then counted 16 rows of marble seats. The last major rebuild was in the 6th century A.D, when the stage was turned into a huge vestibule, joined with the auditorium by means of a triple–arcade. Two marble pedestals and the bases of the columns are preserved. The auditorium was lowered to 13 rows of seats.

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