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Founded by the female warriors known as the Amazons. The name of the city is thought to have been derived from "APASAS", the name of a city in the "KINGDOM OF ARZAWA" - City of the Mother Goddess"
After the death of Celsus Polemaenus, a former consul who had been appointed governor of Ephesus, his son erected a magnificent reading room over his tomb.
The auditorium held 24,000 spectators with another thousand in the vaulted galleries, making up a total capacity of over 25,000. Подробнее.
At this gate, which consists of two blocks of stone with a relief depicting the combat of Hercules and the Nemaean lion. Подробнее.
A member of the Flavian dynasty, Domitian became Emperor in 81 A.D. At first an honest administrator he later became an tyrannical despot, proclaiming himself "Lord and God" (Dominus et Deus). Подробнее.
This building in the form of a small theatre was built in the 2nd century at around the same time and by the same people, namely Varius Antonius and his wife Flavia Papiona, as the baths beside it.
Ephesus Temple of Hadrian This Corinthian temple dates from the 2nd century but underwent repairs in the 4th and has recently been re-erected from the surviving architectural fragments.
It is the place where Mary may have spent her last days. Indeed, she may have come in the area together with Saint John, who spent several years at Ephesus to spread Christianity.
Is known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient world. The most beautiful remains of this temple are today exhibited in the London British Museum.
