The Octagon of Arsinoe IV in Ephesos: A Ptolemaic Queen's tomb at the transition from a Hellenistic to a Roman Imperial city

The Greco-Roman metropolis of Ephesos served as the scenery for many historical episodes. Numerous well-documented personalities walked the citys streets, including C. Julius Caesar, Marcus Antonius, and Arsinoe IV of Alexandria, who was a descendant of the Ptolemaic royal family that ruled the shores of the Nile for nearly three centuries. Arsinoe IV played a significant role during the decline of the Lagid dynasty and the concluding Roman Civil Wars. She acted as both an actual and potent...