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ID: 700000700
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000700
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1
Teatro di Marcello (open air theater; begun by Julius Ceasar (Roman dictator, statesman, ca. 102-4...; completed in 13 BCE; Rome (Roma, Lazio, Italia, Europe, World, Top of the TGN hie...)
Titles:
Teatro di Marcello (preferred,C,U,Italian,,N)
Theatrum Marcelli (C,U,Latin,,)
Theatre of Marcellus (C,U,English,,)
Teatro di Marcello, ancient open air theatre, Rome, Italy (C,U,Italian,,)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
open air theater [300007126] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings, theaters (buildings), <theaters by form>)
quarry (extracting complex) [300000402]
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, industrial complexes, extracting complexes)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: completed in 13 BCE

Creator Display:
begun by Julius Ceasar (Roman dictator, statesman, ca. 102-44); completed by Augustus (Roman emperor, 63 BCE-14 CE) [preferred,VP]
patron Caesar, Julius (Roman dictator, statesman, ca. 102-44 BCE) [500077373]
patron Augustus, Emperor of Rome (Roman emperor, 63 BCE-14 CE) [500058949]
Locations:
Current: Roma [7000874] Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 41°53′30″N 12°28′45″E
Display Materials: tuff, concrete faced with stone in the opus reticulatum pattern, Roman brick, white travertine
tuff [300011264]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), igneous rock, <igneous rock by origin>, extrusive rock, pyroclastic rock)
concrete [300010737]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)
stone (worked rock) [300011176]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)
opus reticulatum [300262690]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>, facing (process), masonry facing (process))
Roman brick [300010505]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, brick (clay material), <brick by form>, <brick by form: shape or size>)
travertine [300011329]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, carbonate rock, limestone, <limestone by composition>, <limestone by composition: aggregate type>, sinter)

Dimensions: diameter: 111 meters
Cultures:
Roman (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Late Republican [300020540] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Ancient Italian, Roman (ancient Italian culture or period), Republican)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: recreational and entertainment structures
Sources and Contributors:
Teatro di Marcello........ [VP]
........ Library of Congress (2016-)
Theatrum Marcelli........ [VP]
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Theatre of Marcellus........ [VP]
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Teatro di Marcello, ancient open air theatre, Rome, Italy........ [GRISC,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 30 June 2016
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