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The classical city of Metropolis is situated in western Turkey near Torbali - approximately 40 km SE of Izmir. The city was first investigated through archaeological field work from 1972 by Professor Recep Meriç from the Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir. Metropolis has been excavated since 1989. Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods are represented (...)

The Second Council of Ephesus was convened as the fourth ecumenical council of the Church and opened on August 8, 449 AD. It was a synod or council of the Christian Church convoked at Ephesus under the authority of Pope Dioscorus of Alexandria and Emperor Theodosius II, with the agreement of Patriach Leo I of Rome (...)

The library of Celsus was built for Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus and completed in AD 135 in Ephesus, Asia Minor (Anatolia) (now Turkey). Celsus’ son, Gaius Julius Aquila (consul AD 110), built the library in honor of his father who was consul in AD 92, former governor of Asia in AD 115, and a wealthy and popular local citizen (...)