The Roman theater of Mérida is a historical theater erected by the Ancient Rome in the colony Augusta Emerita, present Mérida (Spain). Its creation was promoted by the consul Marco Vipsanio Agripa and, according to a date inscribed in the own theater, its inauguration took place towards years 16-15 a. C.
It is a World Heritage Site since 1993 as part of the archaeological complex of Mérida. The theater has undergone several renovations, the most important in the year 105, at the time of the Emperor Trajan, when the current stage front was erected, and another at the time of Constantine I, between 333 and 335. The theater was abandoned in the 4th century d. C. after the official in the Roman Empire of the Christian religion, that considered the theatrical representations immoral.
