Ancient Ephesus

Ephesus was a great Roman port on the west coast of Turkey. Famous for its huge stadium and library, I visited it in October 2006.

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[fos27]

Ephesus was a Greek city, not Roman.

Thanks.

[jonathanwallace]

It was Roman!

[fos27]

No, it was a Greek city with a Greek name, founded by Greeks, built by Greeks and later like all the Greek world was conquered by the Romans. After that, the city remained culturally and linguistically Greek, even though it was administered by Romans.

[CatsandNarwhals]

I like cats.

[AVIATIO]

Πάλιν με χρόνια με καιρούς...πάλιν δική μας θα είναι!

[steve738]

@fos27 Ephesus (Ancient Greek Ἔφεσος, Turkish Efes) was an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city, on the west coast of Asia Minor, 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

[steve738]

@jonathanwallace Ephesus (Ancient Greek Ἔφεσος, Turkish Efes) was an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city, on the west coast of Asia Minor, 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

[telemetry9]

Not much left of it - apparently the local population used a lot of the marble to make lime. How many treasures were lost to that over the years...

[konig82]

It was a Greek city, builted by Athenians dear. Roman empire was some centuries later!

[swlabr21]

The Roman Empire spanned continents.

[TuRkUm1992]

colloseum, its closed.

[TuRkUm1992]

You´re right

Half opened theatres are always greek, look at the