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Ephesus was founded as an Attic-Ionian colony in the 10th century BC on a hill (now known as the Ayasuluk Hill), three kilometers (1.9 miles) from the centre of ancient Ephesus (as attested by excavations at the Seljuk castle during the 1990s).
In Ephesus and the surrounding area a considerable number of monasteries were founded most probably already from the early Byzantine period. Later, in the 11th century, a new monastic community was created north of the city, which consisted of several monasteries, known as Mount Galesios.
Paul's first and hurried visit for the space of three months to Ephesus is recorded in Acts 18:19–21. The work he began on this occasion was carried forward by Apollos [25] and Aquila and Priscilla. On his second visit early in the following year, he remained at Ephesus "three years", for he found it was the key to the western provinces of ...
Ephesus (Revelation 2:1–7): known for having laboured hard and not fainted, and separating themselves from the wicked; admonished for having forsaken its first love (2:4) Smyrna (Revelation 2:8–11): admired for its tribulation and poverty; but for which it is foretold that it will suffer persecution (2:10)
And although the construction of this church was by imperial order, the people of Ephesus were the ones who did much of the building. [10] The marble decorations were made in Constantinople and perhaps in Ephesus as well. The bases, column and capitals of the nave were made and imported from Constantinople or the quarries of Proconnesus.
654 Abdera is founded by Klazomenaites; 652 Ephesus and Priene are sacked by Cimmerians; 651 Levantine War ends, Chalcis wins and annexes Levantine Plain; 650 The Pontic Pentapolis: Apollonia, Callatis, Mesembria (Nessebar), Odessos (Varna), and Tomis (Constanța), all on the Euxeinos Pontos.
He claimed that Ephesus was founded by former slaves of the Samians: Initially, 1,000 of them rebelled against their masters, took refuge in the mountains, and from there continuously harassed the Samians. After six years of conflict, the Samians finally negotiated a peace and set them free, following the advice of an oracle.
Irenaeus writes of "the church of Ephesus, founded by Paul, with John continuing with them until the times of Trajan." [ 90 ] From Ephesus he wrote the three epistles attributed to him. John was banished by the Roman authorities to the Greek island of Patmos , where, according to tradition, he wrote the Book of Revelation .