Sezione di uno de' cunei del Teatro di Marcello corrispondente colle vie de' Senatori [Section of one of the banks of seats in the Theater of Marcellus facing the Via De' Senatori], plate XXX from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]

The Theater of Marcellus, one of the earliest stone theaters in Rome, was constructed by Augustus and dedicated to the memory of his nephew Marcellus in 13 B.C. The materials are travertine on the exterior, and large tufa blocks and concrete vaults on the interior. It is considered to have influenced the design of the Colosseum. This print shows a section of the semicircular seating banks. Radial stairs together with the outer ring of annular corridors facilitated the movement of the spectators.