https://www.academia.edu/6053159/Roman_Theatres_An_Architectural_Study. P. 360.
Location:
- Türkiye, Eskimalatya
- geo:38.426327,38.362026
- Location uncertain
Period or year:
- -5x / unknown
Class:
- Theatre or amphitheatre
- invisible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=84295
Annotations
Nearby
Eski Malatya
Initially a Roman camp, later a city
Castra Melitaya
Castra Melitaya
Battle of Melitene AD 576 (1 km)
In 576 the Roman commander Justinian defeated Persian forces at Melitene Fortress. The Persians, using the mistakes of the Romans, made a retaliatory attack and captured the fortresses.