Anatolian Civilizations and Historical Sites - TEDA

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Plan of Aphrodisias
1.Temple of Aphrodite 2.Odeion and Bishop’s Palace 3.Complex of the
Northern Temenos 4.Agora 5.Hadrianus bath 6.Theater 7.Martyrion
8.Tiberius porticos 9.Stadion 10.Tomb 11.Water channel and city gate
12.City gate 13.Tetrapylon 14.Nymphaeion 15.Aphrodisias Museum 16.The
theater baths and spa 17.The agora gate 18.Sebasteion 19.Gymnasion
one another at a distance of 14 m. At the eastern end is a late-period
stairway that connects the two arcades, which are in turn connected by a
large gate at the western end. Beyond the steps stands a temple and an
altar which were connected with the imperial cult worship. Originally built
in the 1 st century AD, this structure collapsed in an earthquake around the
beginning of the 5 th century. There after it continued to be used, but for a
different purpose, most likely as a marketplace. Excavations here have
turned up numerous fragments of reliefs and statues indicating that the
structure must have once been quite ornamental. Today, the marble
pavement of the sebasteium and the Doric columns in its first storey can
still be seen. The second storey had capitals in the Ionic order, while those
in the third storey were Corinthian. Between the columns were reliefs
depicting the labors of Hercules. Between the sebasteium and the theater
lies the eastern gate to the agora. This monumental two-storey structure
was built in the 2 nd century AD and was converted into a fountain in the
5 th century AD.
A lovely Aphrodisian theater rests against the acropolis. The original
structure is from the Late Hellenistic Period. During the reign of Marcus