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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2608_byzantine-ephesos_Izmir.html
English Text: Ephesos retained its position as the seat of the provincial governor (proconsul Asiae)and thus also as a political and economic centre even after the new organization of the Roman Empire by Diocletian (284-305). However, numerous ea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25V4_roman-ephesos_Izmir.html
English Text: When the Pergamene King Attalos III died in 133 B.C., he bequeathed his kingdom to the Roman people in his will. The city of Ephesos that possessed the tax-exempt status as civitas libera thus became part of the Roman Province of As…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25UF_the-hellenistic-erhesos_Izmir.html
In the Hellenistic period the cityscape of Ephesos underwent a fundamental transformation. During the wars of the Diadochoi after the death of Alexander the Great the city was incorporated after 300 B.C. into the kingdom of Lysimachos (355-281). A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25U6_the-early-ephesos_Izmir.html
English Text: The earliest traces of human settlement found so far in the region of Ephesos were discovered on Çukuriçi Höyük and reach back into the early Chalcolithic period (late 7th millennium). At the latest since the Early Bronze Age (3…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25TX_research-history-of-ephesos_Izmir.html
(English text): As the ruins of Ephesos had already appeared in the travel reports of the 17th -19th centuries, the British Museum in London began archaeological investigations at Ephesos. The architect, John Turtle Wood, directed the excavations…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LL3_the-temple-of-hadrian_Izmir.html
English: P. Vedius Antoninus Sabinus donated the small, temple-like monument which, according to a building inscription, honoured Emperor Hadrian (A.D. 117-138). The colonnade in front of the cella supports a so-called Syrian gable. The reliefs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LL0_the-hellenistic-fountain-and-the-hexagon_Izmir.html
English: The Taberna II (Shop II) of Terrace House 2 was built over a fountain installation from the 3rd century B.C. The east, south and west walls, constructed of marble blocks, are preserved. Above the socle zone, a water channel and traces of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LES_the-nymphaeum-traiani_Izmir.html
English: The fountain building was donated by Tiberius Claudius Aristion and his wife between A.D. 102 and 114 in honour of Artemis of Ephesos and Emperor Trajan (A.D. 98-117). The original height of the building reconstructed as an architecture! …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LC4_peristyle-courtyard-of-dwelling-unit-6_Izmir.html
English: Originally the perıstyle courtyard (31a) of Dwelling Unit 6 featuring 8 columns had at least two floors. The perıstyle made accessible the Northern and Western rooms, but also the large hall (31) in the south. Floors and walls a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LB9_the-so-called-alytarchs-stoa_Izmir.html
English: A 4.7-5.5 m-wide hall (stoa) dated to the late antique period (4th /5th century A.D.), according to an inscription, borders the two Terrace Houses along the Curetes Street. The hall, built over honourific Imperial monuments, overcomes a…
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