This gymnasium was built in 150 A.D. by Vedius Antonius, 4 wealthy citizen of Ephesus. According to an
inscription discovered during excavations on the eastern facade of the building the gymnasium was
dedicated to Artemis and the consul Antonius lfius. The most important of the chambers opening
off the palaestra contained a cult statue of the emperor. A large number of statues were found, among
them two sculptures of the river god now exhibited in the Izmir Archaeological Museum. The latrine is
in a very good state of preservation.