Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos
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Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos

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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.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9781108802734
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Maps
  9. List of Tables
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. List of Abbreviations
  12. Introduction: Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos
  13. 1 Community, Identity, and Memory in Roman Ephesos
  14. 2 The Vedii: A Family's History in Ephesos
  15. 3 ''Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!'' The Vedii and the Goddess of Ephesos
  16. 4 Fun and Games in Roman Ephesos: The Vedii, the Agonistic Festivals, and the Imperial Cult
  17. 5 The Vedii and the Associations of Ephesos
  18. 6 The Vedii and Their Civic Buildings in Ephesos
  19. Conclusions The Vedii: A Family's Place in the Community and in the Commemorative Landscape of Ephesos
  20. Appendix Who's Who among the Ephesian Vedii and Flavii Vedii
  21. Bibliography
  22. Subject Index
  23. Index of Inscriptions