6561 x 4815 px | 55,5 x 40,8 cm | 21,9 x 16,1 inches | 300dpi
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Salamis, Northern Cyprus
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Salamis - Ancient Roman City The ancient city of Salamis became the capital of Cyprus as far back as 1100 BC. The ancient site covers an area of one square mile extending along the sea shore. Gymnasium with its colonnaded Palaestra was built by Trajan and Hadrian. This is the most monumental part of the site but columns differ in size because after the second great earthquake of 331 AD, the Christians set up new columns which they dragged from the Roman theatre. The theatre with 50 rows of seats and a seating capacity of 15, 000 is the second most spectacular sight. All around the buildings that have been excavated are many niches which contained marble statues, and those that can be seen are headless. When Christianity was adopted as a state religion, all these nude statues were to them an abhorence, and were thrown into drains or were broken up. In fact, any indications of Roman pagan religion such as mosaic pictures were effaced or destroyed
