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Fig. 45 Ephesus, Arcadiane built c. 400 with four honorific columns added during the reign of
Justinian. The columns supported statues of the Four Evangelists, a fascinating example of the
Christianization of a monument which in its setting and style appears traditional and secular.
(From Forschungen in Ephesos (1906) fig. 59)
540 following various disasters, as were, apparently, the law courts after an
earthquake in 588. 16
Comparable late monumental building has been excavated in other
cities, where pre-existing monuments were often rebuilt or remodelled
during this period, employing re-used materials. At Ephesus, the main porticoed
thoroughfares often bear the marks of late antiquity. The long
colonnaded Arcadiane, presumably built by Arcadius in c. 400 to link the
harbour and theatre, incorporated on its south side, opposite the baths
rebuilt by Constantius II, an exedra with decorative architecture and a water
basin. During the reign of Justinian four large columns, each supporting a
statue of an evangelist, were inserted into a central crossing of the street
(Fig. 45). In the fifth century, the square in front of Ephesus’ theatre and
the main porticoed street leading south from it were renovated and repaved
in marble. About this time the agora behind it was rebuilt and the nearby
Library of Celsus (of the second century) was transformed into a monumental
fountain, so that its two-storey façade ornamented with statues was
reflected in a pool added below. Two other public fountains of more
16 Western cities: Ward-Perkins, Public Building 30–1, 179–86; Gaza and Antioch: Mango, M. M.
(1984) Gazetteer, i.a.1 433, 438, 480, 507, 526, 540, 588; vii.a.21 536–48.
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