The Roman Stadium (fig. 10) is situated in the north of the roman Odeum at an inclined area. It was built during emperor’s Domitian’s times at 86 AD on the anniversary of 100 years from the foundation of a roman colony in Patras. The stadium occupies a wide area in the centre of Patras. Its length is 200m and its width is 90m while it has two curves instead of the one that the Greek stadiums had. ‘The east, long side was constructed on the side of a natural terrace (the final outcrop of Mount Panachaikon), on which the Stadium was built. The Stadium was the venue for the Caesareia athletic contests, which were accompanied by artistic competitions.

That the two forms of contest, both the athletic and the artistic (poetry, theatre and music competitions), were held in the same place (that is the Stadium) is demonstrated by a mosaic floor (fig. 11) found in a Roman villa in the vicinity of Psila Alonia Square, the representations in which are inspired precisely by events in the Stadium’. The Stadium was also used for gladiatorial combats known from epigraphic documents and representations in reliefs (fig. 12). Nemesis wearing a corselet (fig. 13) was the patron goddess of gladiators. Thus, in the north of the Stadium was the goddess’ temple. The excavations for the revelation of the Stadium still continue. Pausanias mentioned the Stadium as theatre.