Roman Theatre in Teos from the South (Kadıoğlu, 2021, 286, Figure 126)
The theatre in Teos on the south-eastern slopes of the Acropolis. The first studies on the theatre were undertaken by Y. Baquignon and A. Laumonier in 1924. In 1963, upon request of the General Directore of Monuments and Museums, Y. Boysal and B. Öğün started the first excavations. During this work, starting from the front of the eastern analemma, most of the stage, the architectural blocks of the scaenae frons and proscenion, and the northwestern corner of the orchestra were uncovered; the cavea was cleared.
The structure is oriented to the southeast. Although ıt is built according to Greek traditions, nothing dating to the pre-Roman period was found so far. The seating steps of the lower cavea built on an opus incertum foundation and the upper cavea built on an archaed and valted sub-structure are typically Roman. In addition, decorated architectural blocks of the multi-storied and colonnade façade of the stage building (scaenae frons)and the façade of the proscenion (pulpitum), as well as the column bases with inscriptions, point to the construction activities at the end of the 1st century AD (Flavian period). In an inscription, Tiberius Claudius Philistes of Teos (the new Athamas), who has done a lot for his city in the early Imperial period., was honoured.
Tiberius Claudius Philistes, who lived in the second half of the 1st century AD is one of the known persons of Teos. In 2013, during the new excavations in the theatre, an extensive cleaning work was undertaken from the vaulted gallery of the upper cavea towards the orchestra. During this work, the base of the diazoma wall and some 4.5. m below that, eight rows of the partially preserved in situ seating blocks and klimakes were uncovered.
Archaeological map of Teos and its surroundings (Kadıoğlu, 2021, 25, Map 4)