Bulla Regia - Theater

The market street in Bulla Regia continues south, passing baths and dwelling-houses, to end at the theater (restored). Originally built in the second century, it dates in its present form from the fourth. Of the auditorium, which has a diameter of 60m/200ft, there survives the lowest tier of seats. The floor of the orchestra has a mosaic depicting bears. On the south side of the theater is a portico, beyond which is a large open square or esplanade, with colonnades, a pool, a fountain and a temple. Immediately west of the theater are the remains of a temple of Isis. Farther west is another esplanade, laid out round a garden and surrounded by public buildings. On the south side of the whole complex is a retaining wall. From here we turn west to return to the entrance, passing the Baths of Julia Memmia.