General view of the theater

A two-tiered arena from the side of the stage was closed by a high wall with arches and columns and rooms for actors (scaenae frons - stage house), as a decoration for theater performances. In ancient Roman theaters, a grateful audience could watch, among other things, bloody gladiator fights. It is also reported that Rabbi Akiva, the founder of rabbinic Judaism and an active participant of Bar Kokhba uprising, was executed on the stage of this theater. They skinned him alive with hooks.