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theater to the harbor was called the Arcadian Avenue. Arcadius the son of
the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, Theodosius (395-408), erected an
inscription upon restoring the avenue to its present condition, hence the
name of the avenue.
The
avenue is 500 m long and 11 m wide. On either side were covered shops in
mosaic-floored porches.
The avenue was
first built in the 1st century BC and was an avenue for parades. Highways
coming from central Anatolia ended here. There were many visitors coming
from over the seas with emperors and proconsuls entering the city via this
avenue. The pictures below show several views of the avenue.

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