Region: West Asia · Coordinates: 37.940, 27.342 · 23 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 560 BC | Herodotus, Histories | On his accession at age 35, Croesus first attacks Ephesus, then conquers all the Asian Greeks on the mainland and makes them pay tribute tradition |
| 498 BC | Herodotus, Histories | The Ionian army suffers a crushing defeat from the Persians near Ephesus |
| 427 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Putting in at Ephesus, he releases the remaining prisoners after Samian envoys protest |
| 409 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Thrasyllus goes to Ephesus and splits his forces to attack from the foot of Coressus and from the marsh side, but he is repulsed by the Ephesian and Syracusan troops and loses about a hundred men. |
| 408 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | He arrived at Ephesus and took over the fleet. |
| 407 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Antiochus sails into the harbor of Ephesus and mocks Lysander |
| 407 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Lysander passes Rhodes, Cos, and Miletus and stations seventy ships at Ephesus; he meets Cyrus and raises the sailors' pay by one obol. |
| 405 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Lysander arrives at Ephesus and calls Etheonichus from Chios to reorganize the fleet; he builds new ships at Antandrus and goes to Cyrus to ask for pay. |
| 399 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Thibron, preparing to march to Caria, hands command to Derkylidas at Ephesus, returns home, and is exiled. |
| 396 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | On news that Persia is preparing a great fleet, Agesilaus sets out for the Asian expedition |
| 396 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Tissaphernes concludes a treaty promising to make the Greek cities independent |
| 396 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | At Ephesus, a truce agreement is reached with Tissaphernes, with the demand that the cities be independent. |
| 334 BC | Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander | On the fourth day he reached Ephesus, recalled the exiles, overthrew the oligarchy and set up a democracy, and had the tribute the Persians had imposed dedicated to Artemis. He prevented the mob from taking revenge. |
| 193 BC | Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) | When Scipio asked Hannibal who was the greatest general, he answered Alexander of Macedon |
| 191 BC | Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) | When the Roman fleet came, the king avoided a naval battle, withdrew to Magnesia, and gathered his land army |
| 189 BC | Polybius, Histories | Manlius winters at Ephesus |
| 41 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Antony meets Jewish envoys in Asia Minor and makes Herod and Phasael tetrarchs |
| 33 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Antony comes to Ephesus with Cleopatra |
| 14 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Herod meets Agrippa in Ionia and defends the Jews' rights, and Agrippa confirms their laws |
| AD 22 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | The Ephesians claim that Artemis and Apollo were born in their own land, not on Delos |
| AD 262 | Historia Augusta | Scythians (a branch of the Goths) ravage Asia and plunder and burn the temple of the Moon (Artemis) at Ephesus |
| AD 1097 | Anna Komnene, The Alexiad | Doukas left his fleet at Smyrna and marched on Ephesus, which was held by the governors Tangripermes and Marakes. |
| AD 1147 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The king of France reaches Ephesus by another route; Count Guy of Ponthieu dies; they cross the Maeander river |