Anatolian Civilizations and Historical Sites - TEDA

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View of the restored gymnasion at Sardis.
divided in two with the western half being dedicated to Artemis and the
eastern to Zeus. During a later period, the temple was also employed in the
worship of the emperor Antoninus Pius and his wife Faustina. The temple
was used until the 5th century AD after which it appears to have been
abandoned. During the Christian era, workship took place in a small church
that was added to the southeastern corner of the temple.
While examples of ceramics from the 7th century BC have been discovered
on the acropolis above the Artemis temple, all the structures that have been
unearthed here are from the Byzantine Period.