- The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus was burned down by Herostratus on the same night when Alexander the Great was born.
- Ephesus of Asia Minor was located by the Aegean Sea and it was the main port city connecting Eastern and Western parts of the Roman Empire.
- Paganism was the dominant religion in Ephesus till the 4th century when Christianity took over.
- A column from the temple of Artemis temple with Croesus’s signature is in British Museum today.
- Emperor Theodosius of the Byzantine Empire destroyed all the leftovers of the temple of Artemis in Ephesus.
- The first railway line stop in Anatolia was nearby Ephesus and called Ayasuluk station which was built in 1867.
- When Ottomans took control of Selcuk city in the 15th century, Ephesus was already abandoned for nearly one millennium.
- House of Virgin Mary in Ephesus is not just a place of pilgrimage for Christians also for Muslims.
- Besides, hosting the temple of Artemis, Ephesus once had 15 other temples built for 15 other gods in the same time.
- Most of the ruins that we see in Ephesus today are from Emperor Augustus’s reign which took place between 27 BC and 14 AD.
