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The gerontikon (Council House of the Elders) of Nysa, originally built during the Hellenistic and adapted as an odeon in the 2nd century AD, the capacity was 700.
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Raddato, C. (2019, January 24). The Gerontikon of Nysa. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9931/the-gerontikon-of-nysa/
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Raddato, Carole. "The Gerontikon of Nysa." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 24, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9931/the-gerontikon-of-nysa/.
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Raddato, Carole. "The Gerontikon of Nysa." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 24 Jan 2019. Web. 23 Jan 2022.
