🏛️ Ephesos-Magnesia
Ancient Roman port city on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor
📋 Fast Facts
- Located in present-day Turkey, near Selçuk in İzmir Province
- One of the largest and most important cities in the Roman Empire
- Home to the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- Extensively excavated archaeological site with visible Roman-era structures
Ephesos was a major Hellenistic and Roman city situated on the coast of Asia Minor, serving as a crucial commercial and religious center for over a thousand years. The site preserves substantial remains from the Roman period, including monumental architecture, residential quarters, and infrastructure that illustrate urban life in antiquity. Today it ranks among the most comprehensively excavated classical cities in the Mediterranean ...