🏛️ Ephesus-Sardis
Two major centres of Roman Asia Minor connected by the ancient Royal Road
📌 Fast Facts
- Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in western Turkey, approximately 90 kilometres apart
- Ephesus was capital of the Roman province of Asia; Sardis was its predecessor as a major Hellenistic and Persian centre
- Ephesus contains one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (Temple of Artemis); Sardis features remains of a synagogue and Roman gymnasium
- Both sites connected historically by the Royal Road (Persian trade route later used by Romans)
Ephesus and Sardis represent two of the most significant archaeological complexes in western Turkey, embodying successive waves of ...