--- title: City Wall of Metropolis author: Ronnie Jones III source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5223/city-wall-of-metropolis/ format: machine-readable-alternate license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) updated: 1970-01-01 --- # City Wall of Metropolis _Authored by [Ronnie Jones III](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/ronandjess522/)_ ## Image File [![City Wall of Metropolis](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5223.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5223.jpg) ## Image Caption Metropolis (Modern-day Torbali, [Turkey](https://www.worldhistory.org/Asia_Minor/)) was a Greco-[Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) that was situated between two of the great [cities](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of antiquity, [Ephesus](https://www.worldhistory.org/ephesos/) and Smyrna. The city possibly dates back to the [Bronze Age](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Bronze_Age/) since there are [Hittite](https://www.worldhistory.org/hittite/) [hieroglyphics](https://www.worldhistory.org/Egyptian_Hieroglyphs/) that date to around that time. Although the city was founded in the 8th century BCE it did not flourish until the [Hellenistic period](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hellenistic_Period/). The city at some point or another was under the control of the Pontic King [Mithridates VI](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mithridates_VI/), but then spent most of the 1st century BCE onward under Roman control. A [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) to the [Ares](https://www.worldhistory.org/Ares/), the [Greek](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/greek/) [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) of [war](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/), lies somewhere within the defense walls of the city on the [acropolis](https://www.worldhistory.org/Acropolis/). The acropolis was surrounded by defense walls and sat above the [hellenistic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hellenic_World/) theater and [Roman baths](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Baths/) that can be seen today. #### Editorial Review This human-authored image has been reviewed by our editorial team before publication to ensure accuracy, reliability and adherence to academic standards in accordance with our [editorial policy](https://www.worldhistory.org/static/editorial-policy/). ## Bibliography - [Mark R. Fairchild. *Christian Origins in Ephesus & Asia Minor.* Arkeoege, 2016.](https://www.worldhistory.org/books/605396333X/) - [Mark Wilson. *Biblical Turkey.* Ege Yayinlari, 2014.](https://www.worldhistory.org/books/6054701487/) ## About the Author In university Ronnie concentrated his studies on the Greco-Roman world while writing his senior thesis on the Reformation. He has studied Koine Greek and Hebrew at the masters level, and is currently studying Turkish. - [X/Twitter Profile](https://twitter.com/HistoryandBeans) ## Cite This Work ### APA III, R. J. (2016, June 15). City Wall of Metropolis. *World History Encyclopedia*. ### Chicago III, Ronnie Jones. "City Wall of Metropolis." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 15, 2016. . ### MLA III, Ronnie Jones. "City Wall of Metropolis." *World History Encyclopedia*, 15 Jun 2016, . ## License & Copyright Submitted by [Ronnie Jones III](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/ronandjess522/ "User Page: Ronnie Jones III"), published on 15 June 2016. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.