Ephesus was and ancient Greek city located on the coast of Ionia. It was built by Ionian and Attic Greek colonists in 10th century . It lies in Turkey today and it was one of the cities of Ionian League during the Classical Greek era and flourished when it came under Roman Republic in 129 BC.
Smyrna was also a Greek city that was founded in ancient times and it was located at an important point in the Aegean coast of Anatolia. The city that is located at the site of Smyrna is Izmir. Smyrna became an important city due to its ports, easy defence and inland connections.
