Lower Agora
unknown (Ancient Roman)
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Alternative Title
Ephesus: Lower Agora
Date
-60-70Description
View over the Agora, looking west towards what was the port; Remains of the Augustan period are more numerous...they include the west and the arched south gates of the Lower Agora. In the 1st century AD the intense building activity continued. Under Nero the east stoa of the Lower Agora, in the Doric order, was built. The Doric order is rare at Ephesos. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/9/2008)
Type of Work
agora; stoa; excavation (site)Subject
architectural exteriors, business, commerce and trade, City planning, Roads Design and construction, commercial, Imperial (Roman)
Rights
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