A Brief Time Line of Ephesus
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The Lelegians and Carians first
controlled the area. |
| 2000 B.C. |
The city dates back to around
2000 B.C., and then it fell under the control
of the Athenian King Cedrus. |
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Androklos, one of the sons of
King Cedrus, is given credit for the founding
of the city. He was an Ionian Greek. |
| 750? B.C. |
The Cimmerians and then the Lydians,
under King Croesus, seized the city. |
| 750? B.C. |
The city started to develop. |
| 560 B.C. |
The Persians start attacking
the Lydian kingdom. |
| 546 B.C. |
Ephesus was taken by Cyrus the
Great |
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The city was relocated in Artemision. |
| 343 B.C. |
Alexander the Great (356-323
B.C.), a Macedonian, took control from the
Persians. |
| 323 B.C |
Alexander died and one of his
commanders, Lysimachus,
took control of this part of Alexander's
empire. |
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Lysimachus (360
B.C.–281 B.C.), reestablished Ephesus
on the northern slopes of Mt Coressus and
the southern and western slopes of Mt Pion.
Making the citizens of Colophon and Lebedus move
to Ephesus, helped the city become the most
densely populated in Anatolia. |
| 188?B.C. |
After the Battle of Magnesia,
Ephesus fell to the kings of Pergamon. |
| 133 B.C. |
The last Pergamon king, Attalus
III, bequeathed his kingdom to Rome and Ephesus
became a city of the Roman Empire, under
the rulership of Julius Caesar. |
| 63 B.C. |
With the reign of Augustus (63
B.C.–14 A.D.), Ephesus went through
its first golden age lasting 200 years. |
| 100 A.D |
The population of Ephesus was
about 200,000. |
| 300 A.D. |
The 3rd century A.D., to the
middle of the 4th century A.D., was a time
of strife and upheaval. |
| 527 A.D.? |
Ephesus had its third golden
age until the Justinian era, the Byzantine
emperor who ruled from 527 A.D.–565
A.D. |
| 655 A.D. |
The Arabs took Ephesus. |
| 717 A.D. |
The Arabs take Ephesus a second
time. |
| 1090 A.D. |
The Seljuk Turks destroyed the
city. |
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Later the Byzantines retook
the city. |
| 1300 A.D. |
The Seljuks once again pillaged
the city. |
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Followed by Catalonian mercenaries
working for the Byzantines |
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One more time by the Turks seized
the city. |
| 1403 A.D. |
Ephesus was finally completely
ruined by Timer-Leng, a member of Turkish
Barlas tribe. |
| 1869 A.D. |
J. T. Wood undertook the first
excavation of the city. |
