Smyrna (modern Izmir) is best known to Bible students as the location of one of the Seven Churches of Asia mentioned in the book of Revelation.
Smyrna is located thirty-five miles north of Ephesus on the road that leads to Pergamum.
The sophist and Imperial Priest Flavius Damianus. Photo taken in the Archaeological Museum in Izmir, Turkey. Please note that he is wearing a diadem on his head and a ring on his left hand.
The sophist and Imperial Priest Flavius Damianus wearing a diadem on his head.
Ferrell Jenkins at the fountain in the agora at Smyrna.
Izmir is the second-largest port and third largest city in Turkey.
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