Acoustic virtual reconstruction of the Roman theater of Posillipo, Naples Free

On the Hill of Posillipo, during the Imperial times, a sumptuous villa overlooking the sea was built. This villa contained an odeon and a theater. Over the centuries, the villa was destroyed and only towards the end of the 800, the discovery of some of the archaeological heritage of this site started. Today, the theater has the lower part of the cavea, while the scene and the stage have not been reconstructed yet. In the central part of the orchestra, there is a pool that was perhaps used for aquatic events. The purpose of this work is to reconstructi the acoustics of the theater as it appeared during the Imperial period. For this scope, a software for room acoustics was used. The acoustic measurements were carried out in situ for the evaluation of acoustic characteristics in the current state, and then the virtual model was tuned to the results of impulse response measurements. The acoustic analysis is finally carried out using the acoustic properties of the auditorium in its present state.