The theatre was erected in the Hellenistic period in the second century BC in the north slope of the south hill of the city.
Sources:
- http://asiaminor.ehw.gr/forms/fLemmaBodyExtended.aspx?lemmaID=10061
- Filippo Masino and Giorgio Sobra, Theatre buildings of the Early Imperial Age in Asia Minor: some dating elements, in: Akti XII. međunarodnog kolokvija o rimskoj provincijalnoj umjetnosti, pula 2014, p. 173