Ephesus

Ephesus

Ephesus ranks 844th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saga Prefecture, Salem, Massachusetts, and Mogilev. Memorable people born in Ephesus include Heraclitus, Croesus, and Herostratus. Memorable people who died in Ephesus include Mary Magdalene, John the Apostle, and John the Evangelist. Ephesus has been the birth place of many writers, and religious figures and the death place of many religious figures, and politicians. Ephesus is located in Türkiye.

Ephesus was a city in Ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) 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. Read more on Wikipedia