The book Ephesos ​ — Der neue Führer (Ephesus — ​ The New Guide) states: “By the second century, the worship of Artemis and of other established deities of the pantheon plummeted. ”
तिसऱ्‍या शतकात एफिससला एका मोठ्या भूमिकंपाचा हादरा बसला.