Then we traveled to Ephesus. This city has been built 3 times throughout history in different areas. The first time was several centuries BC when it was built by Amazon women who controlled that area. It later fell in disrepair and was abandoned. A second city was built nearby by local Turks. During the Roman occupation, a general came to the area and decided that the city was not defensible and told the people to move away and build a safe city. When the people would not move, the general found a way to flood the city and force the issue so a third city was built. The third city, the one we visited, is only partially excavated but the excavated portion covers 2 miles. This is the largest excavated site in this part of the world. We saw temple ruins, stadiums, theatres, a library, and an ancient advertisement in the marble sidewalk telling where to find the house of love (brothel) and how many girls worked there. We saw the ruins of a banquet hall and the ruins of a Vomitoreum. That was the place people would go to tickle their throat so they could purge and then be able to eat more food at the food orgy. The early start of Bulimia. 250,000 people lived here and once a year 1 million people came for the festival of Artemis in April. The great temple of Artemis is one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, but only 1 pillar stands today. The auditorium at Ephesus is where Paul gave his sermon that got him condemned to prison. We later drove by the prison where St. Paul and St. John were imprisoned. John was sent to Rome for sentencing and he was banished to the island of Patmos for two years.