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2 - The Vedii: A Family’s History in Ephesos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2021

Angela Kalinowski
Angela Kalinowski
Affiliation:
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
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This chapter provides a short history of the Vedii family and their descendants, the Flavii Vedii. It traces the origins of the Ephesian Vedii to Italy and probably to the family of P. Vedius Pollio. Using the earliest inscriptions naming Vedii in Ephesos, it highlights their shifting cultural affiliations. It also traces the strategies of adoption and marriage that members of the family employed to continue the family name, and their economic and social viability in Ephesos. It analyzes a long genealogical inscription to demonstrate how naming was an important commemorative practice for elite families.

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VediiFlavii VediiP. Vedius Pollionamesgenealogyadoptionmarriage strategies
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Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos , pp. 44 - 90
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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