Ephesus History

Sites in Ephesus
4 Apostles Monument
Ayasuluk Hill
Basilica
Brothel
Celsus Library
Church of Mary
Church of St. John
Great Theater
Harbour Street
Hellenistic Fountain
Heracles Gate
House of Mary
Ikouretes Street
Latrines
Lower Agora
Magnesia Gate
Marble Street
Mazeus Gate
Memmius Monumnet
Odeion
Pollio Fouintain
Prytaneion
Serapion Temple
State Agora
Temple of Domitian
Temple of Hadrian
Terrace Houses
Theater Gymnasium
Trajan Fountain
Varius Baths
Vedius Gymnasium

MAZEUS-MITHRIDATES GATE

Mazaeus - Mitridates GateThe gate beside the library is a three-arch gateway in the style of Roman victory monuments. Rich friezes are on the three sections above the plaster supports between doorways. The upper portion is in Attic style. There are two niches in each of the side openings.

Mazeus and Mithridates were slaves of Emperor Augustus who, upon manumission, received permission from their former master and built this lovely archway dedicated to Augustus, his wife Livia, and daughter Julia and her husband just a few years before Christ.