fallen from heaven, of the Ephesian Artemis, around which a flourishing cult developed (cf. Acts 19:23–40*). In addition, however, very early it became one of the most important strongholds of the cult of the Caesars in the eastern part of the empire; in 29 B.C., Augustus had persuaded the Ephesians to dedicate a temple to Julius Caesar, The Christian community established by Paul became the mother church for the whole province through the mission reaching out into the hinterlands, and Paul’s legacy