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Pool, South Agora, 1st century A.D.(Courtesy R.R.R. Smith/The Mica and Ahmet Ertegün South Agora Pool Project)
The South Agora of Aphrodisias, located in southwestern Turkey, was one of two public squares within the ancient city. It was built during the first century A.D., and had been previously interpreted as a commercial complex. However, recent archaeological work has shown that the space functioned in quite the opposite capacity, and was instead an urban park, equipped with a monumental
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