the city with a temple to Zeus at one end and a temple to a local goddess Sipylene (Cybele) at the other. Other temples to Apollo, Asclepius, and Aphrodite lined the way. Perhaps even more important, the city had become a center for the cult of emperor worship. Smyrna received permission (over several other cities who requested) to build a temple to the emperor Tiberius in 23 B.C.. Under the emperor Domitian (who ruled from A.D. 81 to 96), emperor worship was required for all Roman citizens. Those
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