According legend, Ephesus (also Ephesos) was founded by the tribe of the Amazons, great female warriors. The name of the city is thought to have been derived from "Apasas", the name of a city in the "Kingdom of Arzawa" meaning the "city of the Mother Goddess".
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1200 BCEIonian migrations into the region around Ephesos.
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c. 550 BCE - c. 430 BCEConstruction of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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547 BCEAnatolia conquered by the Persians. Ephesos remains neutral.
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21 Jul 356 BCEThe Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is destroyed by a deliberate fire.
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c. 355 BCE - c. 330 BCEThe Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is rebuilt/restored.
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334 BCEEphesos liberated from Persian rule by Alexander the Great.
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c. 320 BCEEphesos renamed Arsineia by Lysimachus following Alexander the Great's death.
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c. 300 BCE - c. 290 BCETheatre of Ephesos constructed.
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281 BCECity is re-founded as Ephesos.
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129 BCEEphesos becomes part of the Roman Empire.
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88 BCEMithridates Rebellion and massacre of Latin speaking Ephesians by Sulla.
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17 CEEarthquake destroys much of Ephesos.
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c. 60 CE - 130 CELife of the physician Soranus of Ephesos.
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c. 70 CEThe rise of Christianity contributes to the cultural and physical decline of the city of Ephesos.
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114 CEThe Library of Celsus at Ephesos commissioned by Tiberius Julius Acquila.
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117 CEThe Library of Celsus at Ephesos completed.
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c. 138 CETemple dedicated to Hadrian built in Ephesos.
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262 CEThe Library of Celsus at Ephesos destroyed by fire during invasion by the Goths.
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c. 267 CEThe Goths plunder and destroy the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.
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401 CEThe Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is destroyed by a Christian mob.
