The Greek Akragas first, and then the Roman Agrigentum, for centuries constituted a power known throughout the Mediterranean basin, signalled to navigators by the Doric temples that still embrace the southern part of the city. Thanks to its favourable position at the centre of the trade routes, th...

As we saw in our route on the Roman Agrigento, the theatre was an important reference point for the citizens’ entertainment. But it was even more fundamental in facilitating the transition from Greek to Roman culture, which, after the Punic Wars, occurred throughout Sicily. In the region there...