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Emperor Claudius

Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus holds a special place in Roman history, being the first emperor of the Roman Empire to be born outside Italy. Claudius...

Emperor Diocletian

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes The Roman Empire had its greatest time before Emperor Diocletian came to power. Pax Romana, ”Peace of Rome”, beginning with Emperor Augustus was already over and...

Emperor Trajan

Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Emperor Trajan ruled the Roman Empire from the year 98 to 117. Trajan was born in Italica which is modern Spain’s Santiponce town. He became the...

Emperor Augustus

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Emperor Augustus was originally born as Gaius Octavius but because of some Roman traditions which might sound strange to us, he gained many names next to...

Emperor Domitian

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Domitian, the Roman Emperor between 81 and 96, was remembered for peace and stability, but was also under the influence of fear and serious paranoia. Some...

Roman Ephesus vs Hellenistic Ephesus

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes The ancient Ephesus witnessed the rise and fall of several remarkable civilizations, two of the most important being the Hellenistic and Roman cultures. While both the...

Epictetus of Hierapolis

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Hierapolis is an ancient city in Turkey’s world-famous UNESCO world heritage site Pamukkale. Today I want to share some wisdom from the most famous philosopher born...

Roman Empire

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Et tu, Brute? (You too, Brutus?) Roman Emperor Caesar Founded in the 1st century B.C. under the leadership of Augustus, the Roman Empire ruled in the...

Ephesus: The Crossroad of Faiths

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Ephesus, where St. Paul’s preached the Gospel and spread Christianity, a city which was visited by the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and the Roman Emperor Markus Antonius,...

How people used to shave?

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes How people used to shave? The shaver, which is in everyone’s home today, is actually a very new invention. If we go back a little, we...

10 Mysterious Facts About Ephesus

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Sacred flame of the goddess Hestia was kept in the Prytaneion of Ephesus ancient city. The first archeological excavations in Ephesus started in 1863. The Grand...

Gladiators of the Ancient World

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Roots of Gladiators The early gladiators were criminals sentenced to death for their crimes. These people were taken to the arena or the theater for their...

Rufus the Doctor from Ephesus

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Rufus the doctor was an Ephesian Greek who was born during the era of Emperor Trajan. Rufus was a follower of the famous physician Hippocrates and...

Hermione of Ephesus

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Hermione of Ephesus was not born in ancient Ephesus city. We know this since she was known to arrive to Asia Minor then to Ephesus looking...

Maximus the Magician from Ephesus

Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Maximus the Magician from Ephesus was the leading advisor and magician of Emperor Julian (331 – 363). Maximus was born to a wealth family in Ephesus...

10 Exciting Facts About Ephesus

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes The famous term known as “herostratic fame” comes from the incident related to Herostratus who was the arsonist burned the temple of Artemis in Ephesus. World...

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