Roman Ruins in Turkey Ephesus

Ephesus was a city in Ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, 3 kilometres southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of Apasa, the former Arzawan capital, by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era, it was one of twelve cities that were members of the Ionian League. The cit…
Ephesus was a city in Ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, 3 kilometres southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of Apasa, the former Arzawan capital, by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era, it was one of twelve cities that were members of the Ionian League. The city came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC.
  • Location: Selçuk, İzmir Province, Turkey, West Asia
  • Region: Ionia
  • Part of: West Asia
  • Area: Wall circuit: 415 ha (1,030 acres) · Occupied: 224 ha (550 acres)
  • Builder: Attic and Ionian Greeks
  • Founded: 10th century BC
  • Abandoned: 15th century

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