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About Ephesus
In 334 B.C.
Ephesus was conquered by Alexander the Great who initiated the
reconstruction of the temple which had been set on fire by Hierostatus on
the very night that the Macedonian champion was born. Ephesus
became a great capital of Asia Minor after 133 B.C.
when it became subject to Rome, and it also evolved as a centre for commerce.
Amongst all the Roman-dominated cities in Anatolia, Ephesus
certainly has the best preserved and appreciated monuments but above all it is
the city where the quality of Roman life can still be breathed today, and where
one can form an impression of what life was like at that time.Goths from Crimea conquered the city and looted the Temple of Artemis, then considered to be one of the wonders of the ancient world, and the city’s decline dates from then. It was from here that first Paul the Apostle and then John began to spread Christianity. St Paul, who came from Tarsus, spent three years at Ephesus and founded the first of the seven churches mentioned in the Book of Revelations, before being ousted by Ephesians silversmiths. St. John lived here with the Virgin Mary while he wrote his gospel. In 100 A.D. St John was buried in the city and Justinian erected a basilica over his tomb.
In 431 A.D. Theodosius II convened the Third Council at Ephesus, during which the Nestorian heresy was condemned and the Virgin

The main road, the street of the Curetes, runs through the centre between the Library of Celsius and the Agora. Numerous buildings gave

The Large Theatre is Ephesus’ most picturesque monument, its elevated position dominates the entire valley and it could seat over 20.000 people on sixty-six rows of steps. It was built by the Romans in the first century A.D.on the remains of a Greek theatre during the reign of Claudius and it was modified under Nero. Like all theatres it had a cavea (one hundred and fifty four metres in diameter), orchestra (thirty-four meters in diameter), and stage (eighteen metres high). If the Buletos met in the Odeum, this was the meeting place for the Demos, the peoples’ assembly of male citizens. It was in this great theatre that Ephesian silversmiths who worshipped the Goddess Artemis revolted against St Paul and his followers, forcing them to leave Ephesus. The theatre’s facade was ornate: there were three rows of columns with niches and statues and the galleried entrances to the theatre are still visible today. Not far from the Odeon are the remains of the monument to Memmius, commissioned by Augustus in the I century B.C. to honor Cornelius Siila’s grandchild.
Hadrian’s Temple, in the Corinthian style, was built along the Street of the Curetes in 138 A.D. and was restored by Austrian archaeologists. It is one of Ephesus’ most attractive and elegant monuments. The four Corinthian columns in the centre support a finely decorated pediment in the centre of which is an elegant female bust: Tyche, the goddess who was the guardian of the city. Above the temple door leading to the celia there is


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