 Upon his arrival in Ephesus in Asia, Antony was worshiped as the god Dionysus born anew.He demanded heavy taxes from the Hellenic cities in return for his pro-Greek culture policies, but exempted those cities which had remained loyal to Caesar during the civil war and compensated those cities which had suffered under Caesar's assassins, including Rhodes, Lycia, and Tarsus.He granted pardons to all Roman nobles living in the East who had supported the Optimate cause, except for Caesar's assassins.