Ephesus The Ancient Greek City

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Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the west coast of Anatolia, near present-day Selçuk, Izmir Province, Turkey. It was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League during the Classical Greek era. In the Roman period, it was for many years the second largest city of the Roman Empire; ranking behind Rome, the empire's capital. Ephesus had a population of more than 250,000 in the 1st century BC, which also made it the second largest city in the world.




The city was famed for the Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BCE), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Temple was destroyed in 401 CE by a mob led by St. John Chrysostom. Emperor Constantine I rebuilt much of the city and erected new public baths. The town was again partially destroyed by an earthquake in 614. The city's importance as a commercial center declined as the harbor was slowly silted up by the Cayster River.



Ephesus was one of the seven churches of Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation. The Gospel of John may have been written here. It is also the site of a large gladiator's graveyard.

[Gloria04]

That would be a pretty cool awesome pictures are here. i really enjoyed it. Ephesus was dominated by different empires, among them the Lydians, ionic, Persians and Romans. He managed, however, to preserve its independence with a democratic system of government. The city reached its peak and was known for his wealth between a 4AD during the reign of Augustus, and it became the capital of New Asia. With the economy in a changing world and a troublesome silting harbor, it was a bustling center of first love - a religious and cultural memory, fading gradually over time. Regardless, Ephesus was one of the major sites reconstructed in the ancient world.

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