Amphitheatre of El Jem
El Jem (Thysdrus), Tunisia
238 CE
35,000 spectators
The amphitheatre is built of stone blocks, located on a flat ground, and is exceptionally well conserved. The amphitheatre of El Jem is the third amphitheatre built on the same place. The belief is that it was constructed by the local proconsul Gordian, who became the emperor as Gordian III.
















