Aspendos or Belkis is an ancient city famous for its amphitheater located in the village of Belkis in the city of Serik in the province of Antalya.
Aspendos, 8 km east of the Serik district, reached the plain from the mountainous region of Köprüçayı BC. It was founded by Akalar in the 10th century and is one of the rich cities of ancient times. This is the theater M.S. It was built by the Romans in the 2nd century AD. The city is one big, one on two small hills.
The geographers Strabon and Pamponrus Mela write that the city was founded by Agrus. After 1200 BC, the region has become Greek immigration, whereas the source of Aspendos is the native Anatolia region before the Greeks. As it is on a major trade route and connected to the limestone with the Köprüçay River, Aspendos has been one of the cities to be seized in every period.
The most important structure of Aspendos is theater. It is an open-air theater that has been best preserved among ancient theaters. This theater is one of the oldest and most robust examples of Roman theaters in Anatolia that can be reached through the daylight stage. Zenon, son of Theodorus of Aspendos, is an architect. Antonius Piu was completed in the time of Marcus Aurelius (138-164). The theater was presented to the family of the emperor and the local gods of the city.
