| − | '''Epidaurus''' was a small [[City-state]] in [[ancient Greece]], it was an important commercial centre on the eastern coast of the Argolid in the northeastern [[Peloponnese]]; it is famed for its 4th-century-bce [[Asklepios|temple of Asclepius]], the god of healing. Excavations of the sacred precinct reveal that it contained temples to Asclepius and [[Artemis]], a [[theatre]], [[stadium]], [[gymnasium]]s, [[bath]]s, a tholos, a [[hospital]], and an abaton, an area where patients slept. Inscriptions record divine medical cures. Originally [[Ionia|Ionic]], Epidaurus became [[Dorians|Doric]] under the influence of [[Argos]], to which it owed religious allegiance; politically it remained independent.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Epidaurus</ref> | + | '''Epidaurus''' was a small [[City-state]] in [[ancient Greece]], it was an important commercial centre on the eastern coast of the Argolid in the northeastern [[Peloponnese]]; it is famed for its 4th-century-[[BCE and CE|bce]] [[Asklepios|temple of Asclepius]], the god of healing. Excavations of the sacred precinct reveal that it contained temples to Asclepius and [[Artemis]], a [[theatre]], [[stadium]], [[gymnasium]]s, [[bath]]s, a tholos, a [[hospital]], and an abaton, an area where patients slept. Inscriptions record divine medical cures. Originally [[Ionia|Ionic]], Epidaurus became [[Dorians|Doric]] under the influence of [[Argos]], to which it owed religious allegiance; politically it remained independent.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Epidaurus</ref> |