Efes (Turkish) or Ephesus (or ?os) is one of the most well known classical cities along the West coast Of Turkey. It is quite large, part of it stretching out into the Meander plain, part of it along a hill, where among other things a large theatre is built, that is still in use and can seat thousands. Nearby the theatre is the Library of Celsus, which has to some extent been reconstructed and the facade of which gives an indication of what good Roman cities must have looked like in the rich centres………… History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are…
