Ephesus, Ancient Greco-Roman City, Turkey

[romeo9445]

thus is a awful video and sooo wrong

[kyriacos40]

Even though what I said in previous comment, Greece should focus on peace.I believe the focus of Greeks should be things like Education,Commerce,and fixing its economy.I havent been to Greece in a long time I dont know what its like,but I also believe in a close communtiy where citizens just dont think of themselve's but also think of thier fellow Greek nieghbors.Kennedy said to Americans ask not what your country can give you,but what U can give to UR country.Greeks think about it

[kyriacos40]

Well its in the Bible that Ephesus is a Greek colony.I dont know much and I dont claim to know much,but I believe that the Romans and Greeks were related thats my opinion.The Romans excepted everything that is Greek, things from relgion, building styles,art,science and so forth.We were brothers, and brought the world much.Many ethinic countrys would like to change Greece's role in history and where its inhabitians lived for centurys ,because they are gealous and living on stolen land.

[monteindamiddle7]

Keep up the good work, with enduring and not growing weary. Get back to the love you've once had, so the lampstand will remain. The end of nicolaus is near!

[shitbomp]

thats ancient greek city

in fact it is athenian colony

greek buildings

greek coins

greek textes

amazing city...

[AVIATIO]

Πάλιν με χρόνια με καιρούς...πάλιν δική μας θα είναι! Ο καιρός γαρ εγγύς, όλοι οι Έλληνες να ηνωθούν!!

Και όσο για την μουσική...βάλε κάτι ελληνικό ρε ζώο!

[Livass4]

ancient greek land

[acheloidahellenic]

@cypriot1965 what do u mean??? that we will let u enslave our islands or Trace??? If i have to fought for Greece, i will do it Moggol..Do u know Isaak and Solomou, Moggol?? These r the 25years old UNARMED Greeks that u murder in Cyprus..What was their crime??? Try to raise Hellenic flag..Barbarians, chauvinist, Moggols...watch?v=fCRnIWVW1oQ&­feature=related

[acheloidahellenic]

@cypriot1965 TRY ME...

[acheloidahellenic]

@cypriot1965 U WANT TO BET ON THAT MOGGOL??? WE WILL NEVER FORGET OUR UNIQUE LANGUAGE..4 THOUSAND OF AGE...GET IT FAKE CYPRIOT???

[acheloidahellenic]

@cypriot1965 I am a woman.U r not Cypriot.U r a colonist from turkey.U took Cyprus by violence..Killing, stealing, raping..This is ur culture..The only indigenous population r Greek Cypriots..Cyprus was an ancient Hellenic island..U came from Moggolia thousand years later..And YES, U HAVE DESTROYED AG. SOFIA and turned Christian Churches into stable..When u realised that Hellenic antiquities r bringing money to u , u manage for their conservation..That is not a fairy tale..Those r facts moggol.

[acheloidahellenic]

@cypriot1965 AND ABOUT THE STORY OF PARTENON IS TOTTALY FACT...U MOGGOLS AND BARBARIANS..

[acheloidahellenic]

@cypriot1965 u r turkish..u r not cypriot..ALL THOSE R HELLENICSSS.........

[acheloidahellenic]

my beautiful Έφεσος..my ancestors city..how lovely these monuments r holding out..!! there r bringing money to turkish thats why they keep them..unfortunately they caused damage in Αγία Σοφία..when we were captive to them, they wanted to destroy Παρθενώνα and make guns but greeks gave them guns to avoid sth terrible like that..Can u imagine??? gave guns to our executioners.. my ancestors were so unique..

[GRelated420]

PUBLIC TOILET FOR MEN. What a great first statement haha

[vabilas28]

it s a Greek city.... totally inaccurate

[terraprod]

the roman civilisation is the Greek civilisation the romans were influenced by the greeks Ephesus was a Greek colony nothing to do with Rome

[Thodoras13]

"Greco-roman"?? Come on you guys, read some history... Ephesus was a Greek-founded city... Herodotous says that, Thoukididis too, even the writing on the marbes is Greek..

[saltadoros08]

this city is greek

when the paul the apostole went there to preach about christ the people in the market they used to said ,,,

megali i artemis ton efesion in the greek lunguage,,

wicth means "artemis the godess of efesians are very great"

[aporia82]

who said it's not? idiot...

[saltadoros08]

the turkish gorvement doesnt have any sing in efessos whosays that the city belong to hellenic heritage,,

all the greek monuments in aia minor baptized by the tourkish aythorities as roman or tourkish...

you are the idiot now!

[aporia82]

hahhaha it is obvious that you did not visit ephesus. everywhere there are historical billboards which explains the history of the city. and in all of them it's written for thousands of times. I think you want the Turkish governent to put a Greek state flag to there huh ?

[saltadoros08]

i was there !not even one sing that is greek!!!only it says roman,roman,roman!xaxaxa

you must afraid even the ancient stones of greece like the cristians do in greece!

[vabilas28]

@aporia82 why not

[xxTurquiaxx]

Turkey has one of the richest cultur in the world

[constantinoshellas]

this ancient is greek and only greek

[intrepberkexplorer]

If you like this sample clip, please consider watching my complete, free video of this trip to Turkey, "What the Sultan Saw". You need a broadband connection. Ask a search engine for: Intrepid Berkeley Explorer

[ANDENEX]

I'm very sorry. I have to say you must have never open a history book in your life! The name of the city is Ephesos and not Ephesus, because it's an ancient Greek city, not Roman! It's more than obvious! Don't you see the Greek rhythm of the buildings? Ephesos was founded around 700 BC when Romans came in that area after 100 BC! So, how is this city Greco-Roman? Would you like me to call Houston an Apache-American city?? Los Angeles a Mexican-American city? Or Boston, an Irish-American city?

[intrepberkexplorer]

In two years of this discussion obviously nothing I do will satisfy everyone. For any ancient city more than one influence from different eras is likely. Responding to comments I chose "Greco-Roman" as most appropriate.

[HOXHOXHOX]

@ANDENEX what is the diffrence between greek and roman buildings? looks the same.

[antonio8332]

@ANDENEX etsi bravo

[reborn183]

@ANDENEX I Have to honestly say Houston Apache-American city, Los Angeles Mexican-American city and Boston Irish-American city all makes sence. Because those places were inhabited by those people before United States came on the scene. Im a Bronx New York Native so I would not be offended at all. Thats like saying United States is America when in Truth It Is of America. That means it belongs to America. Its Not America On Its Own. Its Been America Long Before United States Came In The Picture

[sleepingmedusa20]

efes is so powerfull,magical and mystic

[RomanorumImperator]

The greco-roman culture left a lot of monuments all over the medditeranean, many of them out of Greece and Italy, in countries like Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Israel, Egypt, etc. about this specific site, its nice that turks maintain it so everybody can visit it and admire the Greco-Roman culture.

[levroo7]

where did you get the sound effects? :D

[intrepberkexplorer]

I assume you are referring to the opening music, which is standard in my videos for nearly anything related to the Roman Empire.  It is the March of the Charioteers from the film Ben-Hur.

[levroo7]

thankuu XD

[TURKKNCL]

I thought they were from soundtracks of Star Wars. lol Except the song Pavarotti is singing...

[tazeenhasan]

Pls. nominatae Pamukkale, Turkey for 7 new wonders of nature as it deserves so than any other site in the world.

[sarissaki]

what is Pamukkale? I have never seen that name in any history book....

[TuRkUm1992]

look at google pictures :D

[ultionisestme]

he s talkin bout hierapolis (holy city). pamukkale is a stupid name means cotton castle in turkish.

[raherecolston]

Good vid Intrep. What time of year did you make it? I've been there twice and could barely move it was so crowded. Founded by Hellenistic colonists, but still being built on and added to right into imperial Roman and byzantine times. I'm looking forward to going there again in a year or so. Pity some people cant appreciate a fine historical site without adverse comments

[intrepberkexplorer]

This trip was in Spring, late April to early May of 1995. I always try to avoid the Summer season for many reasons, including both crowds and high temperatures.

[georgeofthejungle99]

Turkey is the best country in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOHOOOOOO! #1!!!!!!!! Most beautiful country in the world.

[agamennon22]

am a professional tourist guide in turkey and led the people in ephesus many times

that city had been buit by androxlos one of the greek ioanan people first..and the city now we visit built by lisimakhos one of the general of alexander the great..but the real sense of city was during roman period 50 ad time..

[jeffjeffy23]

wow

[dimifoster]

I have been to ephesus and it is Greek writing. It was built by Alexander the great

[luv4knowledge]

Gorgeous Greek architecture!!

[spartacosothrax]

oh btw ephesus was built by the greeks but it was later also used by the romans so it is greco roman like intrepberkexplorer said.

so athens/paris/toledo/london/yor­k/split/nis/sofia/thessaloniki­/marsellie are all grecoroman cities?

don't hesitate and try to hide the fact that

ephesos was a city built and polulated for millenia by GREEKS

[freeozbas]

yea my town xD

[olifen91]

only when u go there can u see how brilliant and huge this city was. turkeys so underrated there are so many more ancient sites.

oh btw ephesus was built by the greeks but it was later also used by the romans so it is greco roman like intrepberkexplorer said. some people are so ignorant they cant listen to other people.

from balham, london, england

[vedia00]

if you had ever visited ephesus u would know that it was a roman city (consisting of ceasar's statue) and lots of latin inscriptions.

[Corndog819]

i was in epehesus earlier this month and it really is an amazing place.

[intrepberkexplorer]

Continuation of insults in responses to this clip of mine is inappropriate. The glories of Ephesus can be discussed without further use of either profanity or attacks upon national cultures. Comments which go too far will be deleted.

[jonwebb129]

I agree that the video is what it is. Why not just thank the photographer for posting it and appreciate it for its historical. Who cares who controls Ephesus now. That stuff all occured thousands of years ago.....so what!! We here in the USA tell the rest of the world to stop your damn arguing and fighting with each other over what happened centuries ago. Grow Up!!!

[luv4knowledge]

True nice video, but "getting over" what happened centuries ago only promotes us saying "get over it" more so in future geographical disputes.

[xxTurquiaxx]

maybe ephesus build by greeks or romans but it is in turkey now and its integreated in our cultur

[Paravasi]

what culture?

[orhun20]

Epesus is a Turkish city now, so gayreeks get over it. it is located in the bourders of Turkey and that makes it our city, we had greece in the palm of our hands at the ottoman empire time but we dont say that the greece belongs to Turks, so just shut up and enjoy the view.

[fos27]

I know Ephesus is currently under gayturkish occupation, I'm just pointing out the fact that Turks don't like using the name Greek when refering to Anatolia's ancient and medieval heritage because they feel uncomfortable with the fact that they committed genocide and brutal oppression in the process of stealing it.

[fos27]

Why do Turks continue to call Ephesus a Roman city when everyone knows it was Greek?

[Paravasi]

they call everything antik or roman because the have NO THE EGGS to say it is greek and the KNOW we will take them soon back

[xxTurquiaxx]

you will take ephesus back from who? from turks? xaxaxa elaaa malaka this is really a dream come to the real world back please YOU NEED EGGES to take ephesus back

[splcst659]

damn Ephesus is ancient Greek why you wanna hide these from the ppl?

[resso26]

helo there. i want tio comment that ephessus certainly on the roman period becamme roman. but in the hellenistic period was one of the most important citys of the west.

[MOCKER68]

Greek,Italian,or TURKISH this is a beautiful work of art the architects of their time were outstanding,being there myself it is amazing and that nobody can take away that,this is why it is a wonder of the world even in 2007ad

[nixter888]

greek or italian yes!!!!!but turkish no way!!!!!!!!

[stavros1511]

Its a Greek city like many other cities in Turkey. There are more Greek ruins in Turkey than in Greece!

Please dont confuse it with being a Roman city. It was founded by Greeks but when the Romans took it the population was still full of Greeks

[Calhoun84]

Greek from origin, but Roman during it´s glory period as part of the Roman province Asia Minor. The temple of Hadrian is in Ephesus, I don´t think the Greek builded a temple of a Roman emporer.

[egworx]

Dear all,

Ephesus is a Greek city, not Roman.

Thank you

[intrepberkexplorer]

I will try and use the term Greco-Roman to avoid controversy. Ephesus was clearly Greek in its origins, but what has survived is Roman. In my video of Greece, I presented Ephesus as Greek.

[manos4723]

the letters in this video is greek idiot

[zberlin32]

I agree but look at time 00:12 the writings are clearly in greek. Do you not think this was dedicated to greeks by greeks irrespective of Rome?