Ephesus

Ephesiolaudum (Ephesus) is the capital of the Gorathic Republic, a founding member state of the Imperial Union. The city was founded as a new planned capital for the Kygonese Empire, but was ceded to the Union after the Kygonese Surrender at the end of the Imperial Civil War.
Ephesus was settled by the Kygonese in 241 as a logging colony, but following the destruction of Haven in 242, was expanded greatly with the intent of building it up to be the new capital. Work progressed well following the Gorathic War which ended raiding, but when Kygon sided with Blackshirt Kordowyn, it had to cede the city to the Hybro-Gorathic Empire in the treaty. 
Ephesus is now the Capital of the Gorathic Republic. One of the cities more iconic landmarks is the 150m long stairwell heading into the port district from Capitaline Hill. It was the site of the infamous Slaughter of the Steps, a massacre which doomed Emperor Basilean during the War of the Hybretian Succession.
In the early 300s, a reactionary conservative government pushed back against early liberalization of the empire, and forcibly changed the cities name to match Hybrotiaud naming conventions. However, nobody refers to Ephesus by its official name in the Republic.
Category:Cities
Category:Hybretia
Category:Kygon
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