Ephesus
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Ephesus Distances
The land routes that
converged on Ephesus
included:
1-
The Colossae /
Laodicea road
(traveling east),
2-
The road to Sardis
and Galatia
(northeast), and
3-
The Smyrna (north)
main road.
Population:
Some scholars
estimate the number
of people living at
Ephesus to have
exceeded 250,000
inhabitants during
Ephesus III, which
would make it
perhaps the fourth
largest of its day
behind:
1-
Rome;
2-
Alexandria; and
3-
An Antioch. This
large a city was an
economic stronghold
in Asia Minor, and
justified the title
supreme metropolis
of Asia though there
is an evidence that
its overall economic
standing may have
been slowly
declining.
