place
Ephesi
also: Ephesus
Ephesus, the chief city of Roman Asia, seat of the great temple of Artemis (one of the Seven Wonders). Under the Republic it was the residence of the Roman governor of Asia and a banking centre; Cicero recalls the affair of M. Aurelius Scaurus's slave at the asylum of Artemis (Verr. 2.1.85), and Ephesus is frequent in the correspondence as a way-station of Roman commanders in the East.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 3.8 §1 Ephesus
The great port-city of the province of Asia, point of departure for ships to Greece. Quintus Cicero was returning from his governorship of Asia and sailed from here.