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The Stadium at Aphrodisias220 viewsOne can imagine Ben-Hur and Messala duking it out in chariot races here.Jul 15, 2019
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The Stadium at Aphrodisias240 viewsRuins infested by members of our tour group.Jul 15, 2019
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The Stadium at Aphrodisias209 viewsOne of the largest and best-preserved structures of its kind, the Stadium seated 30,000 people.Jul 15, 2019
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The Bouleterion, or Odeon253 viewsCity council meetings were held here. Originally had a vaulted ceiling and seated 1,750 people, but the upper seating rows have collapsed, along with the roof. Dates from the late second or early third century AD.Jul 15, 2019
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The Temple of Aphrodite231 viewsIn the late fifth century, after the suppression of a pagan-oriented rebellion against the Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno, the Temple was expanded and converted into a Christian basilica.Jul 15, 2019
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The Temple of Aphrodite233 viewsAfter the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity in the fourth century AD, Aphrodisias remained a center of pagan worship and became a focus of resistance to Christianization.Jul 15, 2019
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Sebasteion - Temple of Augustus230 viewsMembers of our tour group check out the Sebasteion.Jul 15, 2019
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Sandie strolling by the Sebasteion165 viewsThe Sebasteion was jointly dedicated to Augustus and the goddess Aphrodite. The Emperor Augustus, as nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar, was a member of the Julian family, which claimed descent from the goddess Venus, the Roman name for Aphrodite.Jul 15, 2019
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A Corner of the Sebasteion199 viewsPart of the building program of Zoilus, this was a temple dedicated to the first Roman Emperor, Augustus - who, of course, also happened to be Zoilus' benefactor. Sebasteios is the Greek form of the Latin name Augustus.Jul 15, 2019
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Skinny-Dipping Pool247 viewsIn the pool enclosed by the Portico of Tiberius, devotees of Aphrodite could frolic in the nude and disport themselves in all manner of lascivious activities. (Of course I just made that up.)Jul 15, 2019
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The Portico of Tiberius250 viewsBegun in the reign of Tiberius, for whom it was named, the Portico includes a large pool, 175 m long, 25 m wide and 1 m deep.Jul 15, 2019
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North Agora viewed from the Acropolis251 viewsThe north agora is a large public square (202 X 72 m), originally enclosed by stoas (porches) on all sides. Parts of the south and east stoas have remained standing since antiquity, and the north stoa was partially uncovered in excavations in the 1960s. Archaeologists believe this was the original center of Hellenistic Aphrodisias.Jul 15, 2019
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