Paroxa
| Paroxa | |
|---|---|
| Name as inscribed on the ARCHO Heritage List | |
 4th century amphitheatre, built for the playwright Malinos | |
| Location | Tavlar, Isles of Velar |
| Type | Cultural |
| ARCHO subregion | Ahéri-Ethlorek states |
| Area | 23 hectares |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2007 |
Paroxa was an ancient Velaric town on the island of Tavlar and the capital of a small city-state, located 6.5 kilometres (4 mi) south of Rú Qoh. Although never a major power politically, the town was an important religious centre and renowned as the birthplace of the playwright Malinos (fl. 300-340 AD). Its ruins were excavated by a joint Trellinese-Velaran team between 1970 and 1982, revealing what had been a small but prosperous town. Lavish mosaics still survive in several of its houses and the town includes two amphitheatres, one built around the start of the first millennium and the other c. 310 AD, specifically for showing the works of Malinos.
In 2007, it was inscribed as an ARCHO heritage site, for its "exemplary early Velaric architecture" and "rich literary heritage as the birthplace of one of Velar's greatest and most prolific writers".