Epidauros sent men to the Trojan and Persian Wars. After the Persian Wars, Epidauros allied with Sparta. In 243, Epidauros joined the Achaian League and later became a friend of Rome.
Epidauros is known as the birthplace of Apollo's son, the healing god Asklepios, and for managing the nearby Asklepieion, sanctuary of the healing god. There were mineral springs and guesthouses at the sanctuary. Asklepios was popular and his sanctuary rich, until Sulla in 87 B.C. and pirates in 67 B.C. plundered it. It was renovated int he second century A.D. and then raided by Alaric's Goths in 395. The healing god was replaced by the healing power of Christ and saints in the 5th century.
Epidauros is also the site of the best-preserved theater from ancient Greece. It was built in the 4th century B.C. by Polykleitos the younger and made from native limestone. Its acoustics were exceptional.
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