Odeon of Domitian

{{Short description|Ancient Roman building}}

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The Odeon of Domitian was an ancient Roman building on the Campus Martius in Rome, used for plays and musical competitions and with room for an audience of 11,000. The first Odeum, at Rome,{{cite web | url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Odeum.html | title=LacusCurtius • the Greek and Roman Concert Hall (Smith's Dictionary, 1875) }} was built by Domitian in imitation of Greek odeons (neighbouring his stadium to its south).{{cite web | url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Domitian*.html#5 | title=Suetonius • Life of Domitian }} It was completed or restored in 106 by Apollodorus of Damascus. The outline of its cavea is still preserved by the façade of the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne, but the only actual remains is a cipoline monolithic column (possibly part of the stage) just in front of the Palazzo's rear façade.