Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos
- Author: Angela Kalinowski, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
- Date Published: July 2021
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108477871
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This is the first book to analyse urban social relations in the eastern Roman Empire through the perspective of one elite family. From the late first to the mid-third century CE, the Vedii and their descendants were magistrates, priests and priestesses of local and imperial cults, and presided over Ephesos' many religious festivals. They were also public benefactors, paying for the construction of public buildings for the pleasure of fellow citizens. This study examines the material evidence of their activities - the buildings with their epigraphic and decorative programs – to show how members of the family created monuments to enhance their own and their family's prestige. It also discusses the inscriptions of the honorific statue monuments raised by the city and its sub-groups for the family in return for their benefactions, arguing that these reflect the community's values and interests as much as they commemorate the benefactors and their families.
Read more- The first detailed 'history' of an elite family's social and political relations in a city of the eastern Roman Empire
- Synthesizes different types of evidence, including archaeology, inscriptions, literary texts and the landscape
- One of very few English Language books on the history of Ephesos, one of the most important cities in the eastern Roman Empire
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'The book will be a welcome addition to research libraries of individuals or institutions prioritizing work on the Roman East.' Christopher B. Zeichmann, Canadian Journal of History
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- Date Published: July 2021
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108477871
- length: 400 pages
- dimensions: 251 x 176 x 31 mm
- weight: 0.972kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Community, identity and memory in Roman Ephesos
2. The Vedii: a family's history in Ephesos
3. 'Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!' The Vedii and the goddess of Ephesos
4. Fun and games in Roman Ephesos: the Vedii, the Agonistic festivals and the imperial cult
5. The Vedii and the associations of Ephesos
6. The Vedii and their civic buildings in Ephesos
Conclusions: the Vedii: a family's place in the community and the commemorative landscape of Ephesos
Appendix one: Who's who among the Ephesian Vedii and Flavii Vedii.-
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