Acinipo

Ancient roman town located 20 kms from Ronda on the road to Seville.

As per the historic details written by Plinio and Ptolomeo, it belonged to the Celtic region of Beturia, and it was so important that it even had the power to mint coins. It was destroyed by the barbarians in the year 429 A.D.

 At the entrance of the enclave, the basements of some round huts with the floor paved with stones, are the remaining of a previous iberic village from the Bronze epoch.

 Undoubtedly, the most important vestige of the roman town is the theatre, located on the upper part of the hill in order to use the hill slope to build the rows of seat on the stone. It had a capacity for some 2000 people.

The most recent discovery has been the stage, the rooms for the actors and the space for the orchestra.

 Although no details about the chronology of the theatre have been found, it is probable that the construction started between the year 60 to 50 B.C. and ended around the year 200 A.D.
 

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