| Arcadiane
Rue du Port
The Arcadiane was a great colonnaded avenue which was renovated at the beginning of the 5C AD in honor of Emperor Arcadius.
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| Bath of Varius
The Magnesian Gate before coming to today's entrance was the point of departure of roads which connected Ephesus with Magnesia and Miletus. After entering the site from the upper gate, at the far right end there is the Bath of Varius, a 2C AD Roman bath complex.
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| Commercial Agora
The Commercial Agora was an open square with sides 110 m (360 ft) long and surrounded by stoas with two aisles behind which were shops.
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| Curetes Street (1)
The Curetes Street lies between the Hercules Gate and the Celsus Library. Some name lists of the Curetes were inscribed on marble columns found on the north side of the street.
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|  | Hadrian's Gate
between 113 and 118
Hadrian's Gate is located at the junction of the Curetes Street and the Marble Road. Because of the limited original substance a complete reconstruction has not been possible.
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|  | Hercules Gate
The Hercules Gate can easily be identified by two reliefs of Hercules wearing lion's skin. The pillars date from the 2C AD but were taken there to be used in the construction of a narrow gate house only in the 6C AD having originally stood elsewhere.
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|  | Latrines
The Latrines were part of the Scholastica Baths and built in the 1C AD. They were for public use.
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|  | Marble Road (1)
The Marble Road is another main street between the library and the theater, but it was originally part of the processional road stretching to the Artemis Temple.
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|  | Mazaeus-Mithridates Gate
approx. between 3 and 4
Mazaeus-Mithridates Gate is the triple gateway next to the Celsus Library which opens into the commercial agora forming its southeast gate.
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|  | Memmius Monument
Memmius Monument had an inscription which referred to dictator Sulla's capture of Ephesus in the 1C BC. The monument was a memorial which was dedicated to Memmius, son of Caius and grandson of Sulla.
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|  | Nymphaeum of Laecanius Bassus
between the IInd and the IVth century
The building on the south-west side of the agora was identified as the Nymphaeum of Laecanius Bassus.
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|  | Octagon
Tombe de la princesse Arsinoé IV
approx. between 40 and 20 B.C.
Octagon was a vaulted burial chamber placed on a square pedestal with the skeleton of a 20-year old woman in a marble sarcophagus.
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|  | Private House
Paidiskon
Brothel
approx. between 98 and 117
The Private House (so-called brothel) was a part of the Scholastica complex. Though it has not been archeologically proven, some archeologists are of the opinion that this was a brothel with two floors, the upper floor being for ladies and the ground floor for visitors.
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|  | Prytaneion
The Prytaneion was the official administrative building or the city hall which housed the senior city officials.
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| State Agora
The State Agora was a vast public square laid out and remodeled during the reign of Augustus (27 BC-14 AD). It was a public area where people gathered for political, commercial and social reasons.
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|  | Temple of Domitian
The Temple of Domitian was one of the largest temples on the city. It was erected on a pseudodipteral plan with 8 x 13 columns. The temple and its statue are some of the few remains connected with Domitian.
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|  | Temple of Hadrian (7)
The Hadrian Temple was built in the 2C AD and renovated in the 4C ad in the name of the Emperor Hadrian. It was originally in Corinthian style consisting of a cella and a porch (pronaos).
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| The Library of Celsus (4)
near 114 B.C.
The Library of Celsus, whose façade has been carefully reconstructed from all original pieces, was built ca. AD 125 by Gaius Julius Aquila in memory of his father, and once held nearly 12,000 scrolls.
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|  | The Odeon
The Odeon in Ephesus was built in the 2C AD and had a double function. First it was a theater for theatrical performances as well as being the Bouleterion.
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| The Theater
The Theater is one of the most impressive buildings in Ephesus. It was originally a 3C BC Hellenistic theater which was later restored, adapted and expanded in the 1C AD by the Romans until it reached its present seating capacity of 24,000 people.
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|  | The Tomb/Fountain of Pollio
Fontaines et bassins - 97
The Polio Fountain was a 2C AD building which was later restored in the 3C AD. Water brought by aqueducts is distributed from this fountain by a branching system of baked clay pipes.
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