Roman Gymnasium, Syracuse

This is a monumental complex dating back to the second half of the 1st century AD, which includes a small theater, surrounded on three sides by a portico, and a temple. 

Much of the portico is now illegible while the theater cavea remains visible, with all the charm of the bradyseism that has engulfed the scene. Opposite the theater, at the center of the portico, there was a small peripteral temple raised on a high podium. It is likely that it was dedicated to mysterious oriental cults.