A column fragment with its capital, standing among the ruins of Ephesus. The streets and squares of the Roman city were lined with colonnades that provided shade and shelter for shops, and many columns have been re-erected by archaeologists.
Ephesus, on the Aegean coast of Anatolia, was one of the great cities of the Greek and Roman world. Under Rome it was the capital of the province of Asia, with a population estimated at well over 100,000, and it was famous for the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders.
