Wood, John T.: Modern discoveries on the site of ancient Ephesus (London, 1890)

THE CHRISTIAN ANTIQUITIES OF EPHESUS. 91

Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, established at Rhodes,
into whose hands Ephesus and Ayasalouk fell in the
fourteenth century. I found the cross cut on the posts
of the Magnesian gate, and on most of the public
buildings in the city. I also found on the piers of a
gateway in front of the Great Theatre these short Greek
inscriptions—

XpLaTiavZi' (ia.cn\&a>v
■npaaivaiv

TToAAa TO. €T7J

Evaefiiaiv /3a<nAeW
ttoAAol ra erij

Of the Christian Emperors of the Greek faction, may
the years be many.

Of the pious emperors, may the years be many.