Add to ORKGUppermost gallery with vaulted arches of Aspendos theatre from the stage. The well-preserved Roman Theatre of Aspendos as seen from the upper gallery. It was probably an earlier ancient theatre on the site, it was completely obliterated by the Roman theatre, which was built during the reign of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD). The seating capacity of the Aspendos theatre was once estimated at 10,000 to 15,000 with the forty-one rows of seats. Aspendos was an ancient city in Pamphylia, Asia Minor, located about 40 km east of the modern city of Antalya, Turkey. It was situated on the Eurymedon River about 16 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea, bordering its rival, Side.135 film (36×24 mm