In this thematic focus the question should be pursued of how the Artemision was able to develop into an economic major player and how this power was manifested in the Roman imperial period. The most important raw material was without doubt white marble, which was not only utilised in the city but was also widely exported. The quarries relating to this lay to a great extent in the territory of the Artemision. The investigation of the territory provides valuable basic information for the economic achievement of the sanctuary. The cultivation of olives and wine as well as intensive pastoral agriculture is reported in the literary sources. In order to understand the economic entity of the Artemision, however, fundamental questions are still, as before, unanswered. For example, it is unclear when the sanctuary began to have large areas of land at its disposal, how the economic entities were structured, and how the regulation and working processes were organised.
Other questions will explicitly be pursued as to which products were managed in a supra-regional fashion, and how the transactions via the harbours of Ephesos were organised. Then again, did the sanctuary rely on imports, what wares were demonstrably purchased, and how supply shortages were managed? The articulation of the Artemision as "Bank of Asia" will also be subjected to critical analysis.
It can be assumed that the economic ascendancy is also reflected in the monumental expansion of the temenos. Therefore the question needs to be pursued, whether individual structures can be connected with the economic activities and what importance was ascribed to donors for the configuration of the sanctuary as well as for the prestigious, luxurious fittings of the buildings.