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I think I made a thorough job of documenting the Roman theatre in Jeble. With a capacity of 7000 and probably constructed in the late second or early third theatre, it has been robbed of much of its stone for other buildings. Before that the Crusader had turned it into a castle (compare Bosra, whose larger and better preserved theatre served as a castle also). But a current restoration seems to put this right, I had the impression parts of the old form would be reconstructed. See for yourself on these pictures. I doubt if I will add captions, I think the pictures will explain themselves.