Agora Gate, Ephesos

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by Mark Cartwright
published on 18 June 2012

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Agora Gate, Ephesos — The Mazeus-Mithridates Gate, consisting of three arched entrances, led from the library of Celsus to the Roman Agora of Ephesos. It was built by and named after two emancipated slaves of emperor Augustus in 4 or 3 BCE, who dedicated the gate to their patron on being freed.

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Mark is a full-time writer, researcher, historian, and editor. Special interests include art, architecture, and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share. He holds an MA in Political Philosophy and is the WHE Publishing Director.

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SELAHATTIN ERDEMGIL. Ephesus. 1996.

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