Incident at Ephesus

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Apollonius spoke with an otherworldly aura. His voice, a mellifluous resonance, echoed not just in the minds gathered in the agora, but within the very soul of Ephesus. "Take heart," he proclaimed, his gaze fixed far to the west, as if to an unseen horizon, "for the tyrant has met his end this day." The crowd, initially skeptical, soon murmured in incredulous acknowledgment, as if the elements themselves validated his proclamation. In that moment, the Ephesians embraced the transformative power of prophecy, and rejoiced for a new era marked by the demise of Domitian and the promise of a brighter future.