Roman Era

Roman Theater Discovered in University of Haifa Excavations at Hippos (Sussita)

The results of the trial excavation at the theater: semicircular passage between the lower and upper seating arrangements (praencinctio) and entrance to a vaulted corridor (vomitorium). Photo: M. Eisenberg

Roman Theater Discovered in University of Haifa Excavations at Hippos (Sussita)

Dr. A. Iermolin (standing) and Dr. M. Eisenberg during the excavation of the first vaulted passage (vomitorium). Photo: A. Nakaryakov

Roman Theater Discovered in University of Haifa Excavations at Hippos (Sussita)

The Sussita saddle-ridge area which leads towards the city itself and the areas of excavation along it. Photography by E. Gerstein